Numbers 31:7
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
KJV
Cumque pugnassent contra Madianitas atque vicissent, omnes mares occiderunt,
Vulgate
καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐπὶ Μαδιάν, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ, καὶ ἀπέκτειναν πᾶν ἀρσενικόν·
LXX
And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
ASV
וַֽ/יִּצְבְּאוּ֙ עַל מִדְיָ֔ן כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ/יַּֽהַרְג֖וּ כָּל זָכָֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
זְּכָרִֽים
zkrym
noun · 82×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 167×
מִדְיָ֖ן
mdyn
proper_noun · 59×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
מַּצְבִּ֖א
mtsb'
verb · 14×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 11:15 — For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
- 1Sam 27:9 — And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
- Judg 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.