This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
- BSB This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
- ESV This is what you shall do: every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction.”
- NKJV And this is the thing that you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has known a man intimately.”
- NASB And this is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has slept with a male.”
- NLT “This is what you are to do,” they said. “Completely destroy all the males and every woman who is not a virgin.”
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 31:17–18Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
- Deut 2:34We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining.
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