Numbers 31:17
Cross References

Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.

Numbers 31:18
But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:

Deuteronomy 7:2
And the Lord thy God shall have delivered them to thee, thou shalt utterly destroy them. Thou shalt make no league with them, nor shew mercy to them:

Deuteronomy 20:16
But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live:

Judges 21:10
So they sent ten thousand of the most valiant men, and commanded them, saying: Go and put the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad to the sword, with their wives and their children.

Judges 21:11
And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save.

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Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.

kill every male.

Judges 21:11,12 And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save. . . .

him.

Context
Vengeance on Midian
16Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished? 17Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.18But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:…
Lexicon
So now,
וְעַתָּ֕ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

kill
הִרְג֥וּ (hir·ḡū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the boys,
זָכָ֖ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2145: Remembered, a male

and kill
הֲרֹֽגוּ׃ (hă·rō·ḡū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

every
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

woman
אִשָּׁ֗ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

who has had relations with
יֹדַ֥עַת (yō·ḏa·‘aṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

a man,
זָכָ֖ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2145: Remembered, a male


Additional Translations
So now, kill all the boys, and kill every woman who has had relations with a man,Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.

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

Now then slay every male in all the spoil, slay every woman, who has known the lying with man.

And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,

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

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

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

'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
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