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THE MESSAGE
Numbers 31:15
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Hebrew Names Version
Moshe said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Moshe said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
King James Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Lexham English Bible
And Moses said to them, "You have kept alive every female?
And Moses said to them, "You have kept alive every female?
English Standard Version
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
New Century Version
He asked them, "Why did you let the women live?
He asked them, "Why did you let the women live?
New English Translation
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
Amplified Bible
And Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
And Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
New American Standard Bible
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?
And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
So Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
Contemporary English Version
and said, "I can't believe you let the women live!
and said, "I can't believe you let the women live!
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe asked them, "You let the women live?
Moshe asked them, "You let the women live?
Darby Translation
and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses said to them, "Why did you let the women live?
Moses said to them, "Why did you let the women live?
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses said to them, Why have you let all the women live?
And Moses said to them, Why have you let all the women live?
Good News Translation
He asked them, "Why have you kept all the women alive?
He asked them, "Why have you kept all the women alive?
Christian Standard Bible®
“Have you let every female live?” he asked them.
“Have you let every female live?” he asked them.
Literal Translation
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto the: Haue ye saued all ye wemen alyue?
and sayde vnto the: Haue ye saued all ye wemen alyue?
American Standard Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Bible in Basic English
And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?
And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses sayde vnto them: Haue ye saued all the women alyue?
And Moyses sayde vnto them: Haue ye saued all the women alyue?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?
King James Version (1611)
And Moses said vnto them, Haue ye saued all the women aliue?
And Moses said vnto them, Haue ye saued all the women aliue?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
English Revised Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Berean Standard Bible
"Have you spared all the women?" he asked them.
"Have you spared all the women?" he asked them.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?
And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?
Update Bible Version
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
World English Bible
Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
New King James Version
And Moses said to them: "Have you kept all the women alive?
And Moses said to them: "Have you kept all the women alive?
New Living Translation
"Why have you let all the women live?" he demanded.
"Why have you let all the women live?" he demanded.
New Life Bible
He said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
He said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
New Revised Standard
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses said unto them, - Have ye saved alive every female?
And Moses said unto them, - Have ye saved alive every female?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Said: Why have you saved the women?
Said: Why have you saved the women?
Revised Standard Version
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
Contextual Overview
13Moses, Eleazar, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet the returning army outside the camp. Moses was furious with the army officers—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—as they came back from the battlefield: "What's this! You've let these women live! They're the ones who, under Balaam's direction, seduced the People of Israel away from God in that mess at Peor, causing the plague that hit God 's people. Finish your job: kill all the boys. Kill every woman who has slept with a man. The younger women who are virgins you can keep alive for yourselves. 19"Now here's what you are to do: Pitch tents outside the camp. All who have killed anyone or touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. Purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days. Purify every piece of clothing and every utensil—everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood." 21Eleazar the priest then spoke to the soldiers who had fought in the battle: "This is the ruling from the Revelation that God gave Moses: Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—and anything else that can survive fire—must be passed through the fire; then it will be ritually purified. It must also be ritually washed in the Water-of-Cleansing. Further, whatever cannot survive fire must be put through that water. On the seventh day scrub your clothes; you will be ritually clean. Then you can return to camp."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 20:13, Deuteronomy 20:16-18, Joshua 6:21, Joshua 8:25, Joshua 10:40, Joshua 11:14, 1 Samuel 15:3, Psalms 137:8, Psalms 137:9, Jeremiah 48:10, Ezekiel 9:6
Reciprocal: Numbers 25:1 - the people Numbers 25:18 - vex you Numbers 31:9 - General 2 Chronicles 20:25 - precious jewels Proverbs 28:10 - causeth
Cross-References
Nehemiah 5:8
The "Great Protest" A great protest was mounted by the people, including the wives, against their fellow Jews. Some said, "We have big families, and we need food just to survive." Others said, "We're having to mortgage our fields and vineyards and homes to get enough grain to keep from starving." And others said, "We're having to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards. Look: We're the same flesh and blood as our brothers here; our children are just as good as theirs. Yet here we are having to sell our children off as slaves—some of our daughters have already been sold—and we can't do anything about it because our fields and vineyards are owned by somebody else." I got really angry when I heard their protest and complaints. After thinking it over, I called the nobles and officials on the carpet. I said, "Each one of you is gouging his brother." Then I called a big meeting to deal with them. I told them, "We did everything we could to buy back our Jewish brothers who had to sell themselves as slaves to foreigners. And now you're selling these same brothers back into debt slavery! Does that mean that we have to buy them back again?" They said nothing. What could they say?
The "Great Protest" A great protest was mounted by the people, including the wives, against their fellow Jews. Some said, "We have big families, and we need food just to survive." Others said, "We're having to mortgage our fields and vineyards and homes to get enough grain to keep from starving." And others said, "We're having to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards. Look: We're the same flesh and blood as our brothers here; our children are just as good as theirs. Yet here we are having to sell our children off as slaves—some of our daughters have already been sold—and we can't do anything about it because our fields and vineyards are owned by somebody else." I got really angry when I heard their protest and complaints. After thinking it over, I called the nobles and officials on the carpet. I said, "Each one of you is gouging his brother." Then I called a big meeting to deal with them. I told them, "We did everything we could to buy back our Jewish brothers who had to sell themselves as slaves to foreigners. And now you're selling these same brothers back into debt slavery! Does that mean that we have to buy them back again?" They said nothing. What could they say?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Moses said unto them, have ye saved all the women alive?] Which either had been reported to him, or he concluded, by seeing so many with them; and this question is put, not for information, but by way of reproof, and as chiding them for what they had done; for they might have received orders from him to put them to death, when he sent them out; and if so, there was the more reason to be angry with them; or he might conclude they would have done this of themselves, knowing what instruments of mischief these women had been to Israel.
