Numbers 31:15-17
Deut 2:34, Deut 20:13, Deut 20:16-18; Josh 6:21, Josh 8:25, Josh 10:40, Josh 11:14; 1Sam 15:3; Ps 137:8-9; Jer 48:10; Ezek 9:6 these caused Num 24:14, Num 25:1-3; Prov 23:27; Eccl 7:26; 2Pet 2:15; Rev 2:14 in the matter Num 25:18; Deut 4:3; Josh 22:17 and there Num 25:9 kill every male The sword of war should spare women and children, as incapable of resisting; but the sword of justice knows no distinction, except that of guilty or not guilty, or more or less guilty. This was the execution of a righteous sentence upon a guilty nation, in which the women were the greatest criminals; and it may safely be said, that their lives were forfeited by their personal transgressions. With respect to the execution of the male infants, who cannot be supposed to have been guilty, God, the author and supporter of life, who has a right to dispose of it when and how he thinks proper, commanded it; and "shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" Judg 21:11-12 him Heb. a male
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