Numbers 31:17 meaning and explanation
So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
Numbers 31:17, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Moses speaks here to the officers returning from the war against Midian. The previous verse explains his anger: the Midianite women had drawn Israel into idolatry at Peor through Balaam's counsel, and a plague had followed.
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