#551: Rescuing Cringey Verses

Did B'nai Yisrael actually wipe out the Midianite women?

A helicopter prepares to land on a hospital’s rooftop helipad

Bamidbar/Numbers 31:17

וְעַתָּ֕ה הִרְג֥וּ כָל־זָכָ֖ר בַּטָּ֑ף וְכָל־אִשָּׁ֗ה יֹדַ֥עַת אִ֛ישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּ֥ב זָכָ֖ר הֲרֹֽגוּ׃

Now, therefore, slay every male among the noncombatants, and slay also every woman who has known a man carnally;

Gimme Some Torah #551

As happens from time to time, the Torah …