Numbers 31: 13-18

7 They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man. 8 Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba%u2014the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. 9 The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. 10 They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. 11 They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals, 12 and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho. [a]

13 Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. 14 Moses was angry with the officers of the army%u2014the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds%u2014who returned from the battle.

15 "Have you allowed all the women to live?" he asked them. 16 "They were the ones who followed Balaam's advice and were the means of turning the Israelites away from the LORD in what happened at Peor, so that a plague struck the LORD's people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

Notes:

Moses is outraged that the Israelites spared the women and children of the newly conquered Midianites.

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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version

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Evil Deeds Can be Justified Through Scripture

Newt Gingrich is Like King David > Example/Illustration > Numbers 31: 13-18
If Newt Gingrich's immoral actions can be defended through scriptural references to King David, then it follows that the genocide of women and children is defensible because Moses did it.

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Awful Passages from the "Good Book"

A collection of passages from the Holy Bible promoting genocide, slaughtering of children for minor offenses, incest, and other immoralities that make it unacceptable for teaching to children

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