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Numbers 31:17

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Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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  1. Numbers 31:15

    And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

  2. Numbers 31:16

    Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

  3. Numbers 31:18

    But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

  4. Numbers 31:19

    And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

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