Números 31:17

17 Agora matem todos os meninos. E matem também todas as mulheres que se deitaram com homem,

Números 31:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:17

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones
Which they had taken and brought captives, ( Numbers 31:9 )

and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him;
who might be such, at least many of them, who had lain with Israelitish men; and as the adulterers had been put to death, so now the adulteresses; or they were ordered to, be slain, even all of them, lest they should entice the children of Israel to uncleanness, and so to idolatry again: now these were known to be such, either by conjecture at their age, or rather, through the examination of matrons, unless it can be thought, as it is by some, that it was by divine revelation.

Números 31:17 In-Context

15 “Vocês deixaram todas as mulheres vivas?”, perguntou-lhes.

16 “Foram elas que seguiram o conselho de Balaão e levaram Israel a ser infiel ao SENHOR no caso de Peor, de modo que uma praga feriu a comunidade do SENHOR.

17 Agora matem todos os meninos. E matem também todas as mulheres que se deitaram com homem,

18 mas poupem todas as meninas virgens.

19 “Todos vocês que mataram alguém ou que tocaram em algum morto ficarão sete dias fora do acampamento. No terceiro e no sétimo dia vocês deverão purificar a vocês mesmos e aos seus prisioneiros.