Numbers 31:17

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

Now therefore kill {H2026} every male {H2145} among the little ones {H2945}, and kill {H2026} every woman {H802} that hath known {H3045} man {H376} by lying {H4904} with him {H2145}.

Now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has ever slept with a man.

So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

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

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Deuteronomy 20:16

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Deuteronomy 20:18

That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
Judges 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.
Judges 21:12

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
Deuteronomy 7:2

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

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