In Numbers 31 Moses killed all except Virgin girls in the War against Midianites. Lets research the reason for leaving girls
The Midianite virgins you refer to (31:18) were young girls who obviously were not involved in the licentiousness and immorality associated with Baal worship. They were therefore not implicated along with the adult men and women. These virgins grew up and were given in marriage to men in Israel.
As for why the young boys of Midian were not spared, I can only guess. Remember, the nation of Israel at this time in their history lived in an age of tribal warfare. The males of the nations around them were, of course, the warriors who made life difficult for Israel. Perhaps the boys were not spared because had they been allowed to grow up they would have sought vengeance for the deaths of their family members at the hands of Israel. Perhaps it is because the iniquities of their fathers were upon them just as the sin of Adam is on all humanity.
YHWH is not by nature a vengeful God who strikes out capriciously and randomly at whatever people-group He feels like killing off. YHWH does not take pleasure in the death of any man or woman, boy or girl. He is longsuffering and slow to anger, plenteous in mercy. He even provided for the acceptance of sojourners and strangers into the fold of Israel if they were willing to join Israel in the worship of the one true God, YHWH.
While He may visit the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generations of those who do evil (Nu 14:18 ff.; De 5:9), He also shows "lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love [Him] and keep [His] commandments" (De 5:10).
Moreover, He waited for hundreds of years to liberate His chosen people, Israel, from bondage in Egypt because "the iniquity of the Amorites had not yet reached its full measure" (Ge 15:16). When it did, it was a stench in the nostrils of a holy God, not to mention a blot on humanity.
We need not go into detail on the depths of depravity into which the polytheistic peoples of Palestine had sunk by the time their iniquity had reached its full measure. Suffice it to say, that "full measure" was unimaginably depraved and likely included such aberrant behavior as child-sacrifice, cult prostitution, bestiality, pedophilia, and more, making Sodom and Gomorrah look like a Sunday school picnic!
The immorality of the human race became so egregious in the days of Noah, that God chose to wipe out humanity, save for Noah and the seven members of his family. Was God "justified" in doing so? Here's what the Bible says about humanity in the days of Noah:
"Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Ge 6:5 NIV, my emphasis).
This verse is not hyperbole, but is a succinct summation of the depths to which humanity can go if left unchecked and without a moral compass. Utter annihilation of even a people guilty of heinous sins may seem to us today to be unthinkably cruel, but to a holy God it may in fact be an act of mercy and a way to purge the human race of unmitigated evil and thus safeguard succeeding generations.
2) Are they taken as Sex slaves ?
No . They are taken for marriage after a month since bible already told to marry a slave girl after one month (can't remember the location of the verse. help me)
Because after a month the girl will able to forget the pain
3) Do they have sex with non virgin women before killing them?
Don't know . Since in olden days having sex with captured girls are common . They don't consider it as rape since rape means , in olden times , only having sex with girls who not belong to you. In bible , in each war , god telling "I handover the people to you".
There is a possibility that the solders mat thought that "since they going to die anyway let us have sex with them "
But I can't sure
4) Is killing the family members before a girl below 15 years will be very painful for her?
Yes. seeing the murder of the family members in very painful for a young girl .
But after that , the girls will be observed in to Hebrew families and they gradually forget the pain
5) Is killing a pregnant girl with her fetus is wrong ?
The girls are also sinned. So they have to be killed . Even though the fetus inside her is a virgin , it's not practical to wait for a maximum of 10 months and after delivery kill the girl and take the child if she is girl or kill him also if a boy
Since they are children , after death they can directly go to heaven. So no loss for them.
(I think the Hebrew ladies guided soldiers when killing pregnant girls to show correct location to stab in belly and ensure the fetus is killed before the girl is dead. That is the pregnant girls bellies where stabbed before beheading them to minimize the pain for the fetus )
6) Why virgin boys are killed ?
The also participated in evil gods worship . . But since they are children , after death they can directly go to heaven. So no loss for them.
7) What is the death count ?
Bible tells there are 32000 virgins . So at least 200000 were killed
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Ok What method they followed to kill them ?
In Midan :
1.The males of the city were gathered in a big ground.
2.The soldiers will dig a large pit before the gathered people
3.The 10-20 soldiers with swords will stand on the edge of the pit in a single line side by side with 2 meters gap to each other .
4.Each and every soldier have 20-30 persons standing in queue in front of them
5.All of the women , where gathered and sat down some meters away from the pit
6.Leader mosses will sit on a raised platform or house top to supervise the killings. Hebrew people who supply food and cloth to army also watch the genocide from some distance .
7.Now , the a man standing in the first of the queue come forward and kneel down before the soldier.
8.The soldier will cut the head (beheading) of man and push the body and head into the pit.
9. The women gathered watching them with tears and screams
10.This continues until all persons standing in the queue beheaded.
11.Then another 20-30 persons will come and stand like mentioned above .
12.This cycle continues until 100 % males got killed .
13.After that the pit will be closed.
In the Camp
Moses ordered to kill all non virgin women
The same steps above described . Replace males with "non-virgin women".
Let us imagine a non virgin girl explains her experience in the city after the war
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"The soldier came inside my house grabbed me out. I was 14 at that time . My sister-in-law was 9 months pregnant at that time. They also grabbed her 2 children of age 5 and 2 . They also took my brothers , along with my father and mother. Then I was forced to sit in a large ground. I saw mosses standing in a stage and watching us. Also Hebrew people also watching the genocide from some distance .
They started to dig pit. We all watching it with great horror. Our males delivered the final words to the family.
Then they made to stand in a bunch of queues and got beheaded . We all screamed .
Many woman went unconscious . They treated by the solders and made to sit there again
After killing all , they took us to the camp .
.......
After a couple of hours passed they again start to dig a pit .
They ordered all non virgins to form a queue near the pit
They killed my father , mother and brothers . I got hiccups by crying
then they grabbed my pregnant sister and made her to stand in pregnant girls queue. her male children standing in their children queue.
I saw her children got pacified by a Hebrew woman. After that they got beheaded. It was horrible scene . I cried. She screamed. A Hebrew woman for her queue told me her they will go to heaven directly . So she calmed to some extent.
After some time , the soldier with sword for her queue called me to her me. She begged him that me baby will die if I die.
The Hebrew woman told that the baby will go to heaven directly after the death. So she accepted to die.
The women for the queue located the fetus and pointed the place to stab
The soldier stabbed in her pregnant belly. The blood of her and foetus came out. She looks down her belly with tears . After some seconds , queue woman verifies whether the fetus died.
Then she ordered her to kneel down and the solder beheaded her.
I cried since this was very horrific
After a couple of hours , everyone died . They closed the pit.
Then they took us to nursing camps ..
The Midianite virgins you refer to (31:18) were young girls who obviously were not involved in the licentiousness and immorality associated with Baal worship. They were therefore not implicated along with the adult men and women. These virgins grew up and were given in marriage to men in Israel.
As for why the young boys of Midian were not spared, I can only guess. Remember, the nation of Israel at this time in their history lived in an age of tribal warfare. The males of the nations around them were, of course, the warriors who made life difficult for Israel. Perhaps the boys were not spared because had they been allowed to grow up they would have sought vengeance for the deaths of their family members at the hands of Israel. Perhaps it is because the iniquities of their fathers were upon them just as the sin of Adam is on all humanity.
YHWH is not by nature a vengeful God who strikes out capriciously and randomly at whatever people-group He feels like killing off. YHWH does not take pleasure in the death of any man or woman, boy or girl. He is longsuffering and slow to anger, plenteous in mercy. He even provided for the acceptance of sojourners and strangers into the fold of Israel if they were willing to join Israel in the worship of the one true God, YHWH.
While He may visit the iniquity of the fathers to the third and fourth generations of those who do evil (Nu 14:18 ff.; De 5:9), He also shows "lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love [Him] and keep [His] commandments" (De 5:10).
Moreover, He waited for hundreds of years to liberate His chosen people, Israel, from bondage in Egypt because "the iniquity of the Amorites had not yet reached its full measure" (Ge 15:16). When it did, it was a stench in the nostrils of a holy God, not to mention a blot on humanity.
We need not go into detail on the depths of depravity into which the polytheistic peoples of Palestine had sunk by the time their iniquity had reached its full measure. Suffice it to say, that "full measure" was unimaginably depraved and likely included such aberrant behavior as child-sacrifice, cult prostitution, bestiality, pedophilia, and more, making Sodom and Gomorrah look like a Sunday school picnic!
The immorality of the human race became so egregious in the days of Noah, that God chose to wipe out humanity, save for Noah and the seven members of his family. Was God "justified" in doing so? Here's what the Bible says about humanity in the days of Noah:
"Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Ge 6:5 NIV, my emphasis).
This verse is not hyperbole, but is a succinct summation of the depths to which humanity can go if left unchecked and without a moral compass. Utter annihilation of even a people guilty of heinous sins may seem to us today to be unthinkably cruel, but to a holy God it may in fact be an act of mercy and a way to purge the human race of unmitigated evil and thus safeguard succeeding generations.
2) Are they taken as Sex slaves ?
No . They are taken for marriage after a month since bible already told to marry a slave girl after one month (can't remember the location of the verse. help me)
Because after a month the girl will able to forget the pain
3) Do they have sex with non virgin women before killing them?
Don't know . Since in olden days having sex with captured girls are common . They don't consider it as rape since rape means , in olden times , only having sex with girls who not belong to you. In bible , in each war , god telling "I handover the people to you".
There is a possibility that the solders mat thought that "since they going to die anyway let us have sex with them "
But I can't sure
4) Is killing the family members before a girl below 15 years will be very painful for her?
Yes. seeing the murder of the family members in very painful for a young girl .
But after that , the girls will be observed in to Hebrew families and they gradually forget the pain
5) Is killing a pregnant girl with her fetus is wrong ?
The girls are also sinned. So they have to be killed . Even though the fetus inside her is a virgin , it's not practical to wait for a maximum of 10 months and after delivery kill the girl and take the child if she is girl or kill him also if a boy
Since they are children , after death they can directly go to heaven. So no loss for them.
(I think the Hebrew ladies guided soldiers when killing pregnant girls to show correct location to stab in belly and ensure the fetus is killed before the girl is dead. That is the pregnant girls bellies where stabbed before beheading them to minimize the pain for the fetus )
6) Why virgin boys are killed ?
The also participated in evil gods worship . . But since they are children , after death they can directly go to heaven. So no loss for them.
7) What is the death count ?
Bible tells there are 32000 virgins . So at least 200000 were killed
.
----------------
Ok What method they followed to kill them ?
In Midan :
1.The males of the city were gathered in a big ground.
2.The soldiers will dig a large pit before the gathered people
3.The 10-20 soldiers with swords will stand on the edge of the pit in a single line side by side with 2 meters gap to each other .
4.Each and every soldier have 20-30 persons standing in queue in front of them
5.All of the women , where gathered and sat down some meters away from the pit
6.Leader mosses will sit on a raised platform or house top to supervise the killings. Hebrew people who supply food and cloth to army also watch the genocide from some distance .
7.Now , the a man standing in the first of the queue come forward and kneel down before the soldier.
8.The soldier will cut the head (beheading) of man and push the body and head into the pit.
9. The women gathered watching them with tears and screams
10.This continues until all persons standing in the queue beheaded.
11.Then another 20-30 persons will come and stand like mentioned above .
12.This cycle continues until 100 % males got killed .
13.After that the pit will be closed.
In the Camp
Moses ordered to kill all non virgin women
The same steps above described . Replace males with "non-virgin women".
Let us imagine a non virgin girl explains her experience in the city after the war
----------------
"The soldier came inside my house grabbed me out. I was 14 at that time . My sister-in-law was 9 months pregnant at that time. They also grabbed her 2 children of age 5 and 2 . They also took my brothers , along with my father and mother. Then I was forced to sit in a large ground. I saw mosses standing in a stage and watching us. Also Hebrew people also watching the genocide from some distance .
They started to dig pit. We all watching it with great horror. Our males delivered the final words to the family.
Then they made to stand in a bunch of queues and got beheaded . We all screamed .
Many woman went unconscious . They treated by the solders and made to sit there again
After killing all , they took us to the camp .
.......
After a couple of hours passed they again start to dig a pit .
They ordered all non virgins to form a queue near the pit
They killed my father , mother and brothers . I got hiccups by crying
then they grabbed my pregnant sister and made her to stand in pregnant girls queue. her male children standing in their children queue.
I saw her children got pacified by a Hebrew woman. After that they got beheaded. It was horrible scene . I cried. She screamed. A Hebrew woman for her queue told me her they will go to heaven directly . So she calmed to some extent.
After some time , the soldier with sword for her queue called me to her me. She begged him that me baby will die if I die.
The Hebrew woman told that the baby will go to heaven directly after the death. So she accepted to die.
The women for the queue located the fetus and pointed the place to stab
The soldier stabbed in her pregnant belly. The blood of her and foetus came out. She looks down her belly with tears . After some seconds , queue woman verifies whether the fetus died.
Then she ordered her to kneel down and the solder beheaded her.
I cried since this was very horrific
After a couple of hours , everyone died . They closed the pit.
Then they took us to nursing camps ..
