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Numbers 31:15

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

KJV

ait : Cur feminas reservastis ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Μωυσῆς Ἵνα τί ἐζωγρήσατε πᾶν θῆλυ;

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם מֹשֶׁ֑ה הַֽ/חִיִּיתֶ֖ם כָּל נְקֵבָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נְקֵבָ֖ה
nqbh
noun · 22×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:3 — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
  • 2Chr 20:25 — And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselve
  • Deut 2:34 — And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
  • Jer 48:10 — Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
  • Num 25:1 — And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
  • Prov 28:10 — Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.