In the Numbers account (31:1-54), Moses orders the killing of the boys and non-virginal women, but said to go ahead and keep the virgins for themselves.
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And how were the men supposed to determine who were virgins and who are not so they can frelly kill them and torture?
2006-07-20 06:49:03 · 3 answers · asked by PicassoInActions 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the culture at that time and to an extent even nowadays in some cultures, the virgins were determined as those unattached via some mating/ marriage arrangement. The next verse 18 is important , "keep all the young girls alive...". They were either pre puberty or had not been suited with a male.
2006-07-20 09:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by Murdo M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. good question. You shouldn't expect fairy tales to be high on logic or common sense. In movies it's called the suspension of disbelief and is a popular plot point of the whole movie never comes together.
2006-07-20 06:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by ceprn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't read correctly, "woman children", King James Bible.
18But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
2006-07-20 07:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by LP S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋