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Nombres 31:15

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Nombres 31:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:15

And Moses said unto them, have ye saved all the women alive?
] Which either had been reported to him, or he concluded, by seeing so many with them; and this question is put, not for information, but by way of reproof, and as chiding them for what they had done; for they might have received orders from him to put them to death, when he sent them out; and if so, there was the more reason to be angry with them; or he might conclude they would have done this of themselves, knowing what instruments of mischief these women had been to Israel.

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Nombres 31:15 In-Context

13 Moïse, le sacrificateur Eléazar, et tous les princes de l'assemblée, sortirent au-devant d'eux, hors du camp.
14 Et Moïse s'irrita contre les commandants de l'armée, les chefs de milliers et les chefs de centaines, qui revenaient de l'expédition.
15 Il leur dit: Avez-vous laissé la vie à toutes les femmes?
16 Voici, ce sont elles qui, sur la parole de Balaam, ont entraîné les enfants d'Israël à l'infidélité envers l'Eternel, dans l'affaire de Peor; et alors éclata la plaie dans l'assemblée de l'Eternel.
17 Maintenant, tuez tout mâle parmi les petits enfants, et tuez toute femme qui a connu un homme en couchant avec lui;
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