The little ones, excused by their sex or age, as not involved in the guilt, nor being likely to revenge their quarrel.
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Deuteronomy 20:14
14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou takee unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.