(March 24, 2018 at 9:41 am)alpha male Wrote:(March 24, 2018 at 9:31 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: What about their young male children? Are they to be penalized for something their parents did? Something over which they had no control?
They were indentured servants. They got room and board for six years, then were freed and given goods to start out on their own.
From the OP (with my emphasis)
Quote:And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites ... And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males ... And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones ... And Moses was wroth with the officers ... And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? ... Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Numbers 31:1-18
