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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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kill every male
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"The sword of war should spare women and children, as incapable of resisting; but the sword of justice knows no distinction, except that of guilty or not guilty, or more or less guilty. This was the execution of a righteous sentence upon a guilty nation, in which the women were the greatest criminals; and it may safely be said, that their lives were forfeited by their personal transgressions. With respect to the execution of the male infants, who cannot be supposed to have been guilty, God, the author and supporter of life, who has a right to dispose of it when and how he thinks proper, commanded it; and ""shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"" Jdg 21:11,12" |
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him
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Heb. a male. |
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Jdg 21:11 |
And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. |
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Jdg 21:12 |
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 31:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Num/31/17.html>.
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