"Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."
- Numbers 31
What does it mean when it says "But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."?
2006-09-14 10:56:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow. I might become a Christian now! I didn't know I was allowed to have sex slaves! Sweet!
2006-09-14 11:03:08 · update #1
just god being kind i guess psalm 137:9 is my fav. example though:
"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones"
2006-09-14 11:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by Om 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means keep the girls who are virgins alive.
2006-09-14 18:03:54 · answer #2 · answered by branches 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tradition teaches that the people of the Land were highly consumed in STDs so all that might bring that scroge to Israel were killed while those who had no such chance were allowed to live... Jim
2006-09-14 18:16:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is gawd saying "Defile at will..."
Remember this verse when you hear xians try and say that the bible is pro-women. Doesn't sound very progressive to me.
2006-09-14 18:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back then they were being defiled and contaminated with un-natural lust. So, if they were pure you could marry them and take for yourself. Bad things were going on from the beginning and so it will be just as in the days of Noah.
2006-09-14 18:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by stickinthemud 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It means "Keep the Virgins, for yourself"
2006-09-14 17:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by ModernMerlin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means let all of the virgin girls live.
2006-09-14 17:58:47 · answer #7 · answered by G W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tht's the way it happened. They kept the virgins. It's a historical account.
2006-09-14 17:59:56 · answer #8 · answered by frankyglitz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You get to keep the virgin girls as concubines.
2006-09-14 17:58:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I love that quote.
keep reading... it'll tell you what you can do with them if after a period of time you don't find them "pleasing" anymore.
it's good stuff
2006-09-14 18:00:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋