Numbers 31:18

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Extermination of the Midianites. This story of a war of extermination, waged to avenge the wiles practised on Israel by Midian (as described in...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

War against Midian This chapter contains an account of the fulfilment of the decree of extermination passed upon the Midianites as being the occas...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Keep alive for yourselves. — The Israelites were allowed to make slaves of their captives. Shortly after the capture of these Midianitish women, an...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Destruction of the Midianites Numbers 31:1-20 In reading such a chapter as this we must remember that the Bible is the history of the slow...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the story of the end of Balaam. It took place in connection with a war directly resulting from the sin of the people committed through t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is truly interesting to see the zeal of the faithful. How jealous for the honour of GOD was Moses? In regarding the LORD'S glory, he passeth by al...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But all the women children ,.... The females among the little ones: that have not known a man by lying with him ; which might be pretty clear, and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

VENGEANCE ON MIDIAN (vs.1-11) The Midianites had been guilty of seducing Israel, and God required that account to be settled. This was the last c...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was w...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not known a man, to wit, carnally : See Poole "Ge 4:1 19:8 Leviticus 18:22 . Keep alive for yourselves; either to sell them as slaves to othe...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

(i) The Sentence Passed and Carried Out on the Local Midianites ( Numbers 31:1-24 ). Analysis. a The command to avenge Yahweh on Midian ( Numbe...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Moses had already received command to smite the Midianites ( Numbers 25:16-18 ); and in this chapter we have the orde...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 31:2 . Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites. If it were just to cut off twenty four thousand of the Israelites for the awful fe...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Manner of Dealing with the Captives
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But all the women children that have not known a man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves, as slaves or handmaids, for marriage with such was...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 28:8-10 ; Deuteronomy 20:14 ; Deuteronomy 21:10-14 ; Isaiah 14:2 ; Leviticus 25:44

¹⁸ But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 31:18

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 31:18