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Numbers 31:18

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

KJV

puellas autem et omnes feminas virgines reservate vobis :

Vulgate

πᾶσαν τὴν ἀπαρτίαν τῶν γυναικῶν ἥτις οὐκ οἶδεν κοίτην ἄρσενος, ζωγρήσατε αὐτάς.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/כֹל֙ הַ/טַּ֣ף בַּ/נָּשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא יָדְע֖וּ מִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר הַחֲי֖וּ לָ/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 45×
זְּכָרִֽים
zkrym
noun · 82×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
נוּ
nv
noun · 42×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 28:8 — And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
  • Deut 20:14 — But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD
  • Deut 21:10 — When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
  • Lev 25:44 — Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.