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.”
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead 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.
And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
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“And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.”
“Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.”
“Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.”
“And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:”
“Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;”