Numbers 31:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 31:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 31:18 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 31:18 — KJV
“But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”
— Numbers 31:18 (KJV)
Numbers 31:18 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 31:18
“And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. young...: Heb. young women virgins”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:18: women, known, lying
“And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:18: women, children, keep
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:18: children, keep, yourselves
“And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:18: women, known, lying
“And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 31:18: keep, alive
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