Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
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Interpretation
The sword of war should spare women and children; but the sword of justice should know no distinction, but that of guilty or not guilty. This war was the execution of a righteous sentence upon a guilty nation, in which the women were the worst criminals.
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This thought runs through Numbers 31:16-20.