In Bible versus Quran: Moses was Angry because they did not Kill the Women
This is the eighth article of the series:
“The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”
In the previous articles of this series, we have seen that Language-wise, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman. However, the Bible has another opinion. As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.
As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.
This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).
According to the inspired word of God, the Chapter of Numbers 31 talks about God’s Vengeance on Midian and how to deal with the foreign Midianites’ Women in the war.
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian. You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.” So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent them to the war, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. They warred against Midian, as the Lord God commanded Moses, and killed every male. They killed the five kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, with the sword. And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods; they burned with fire all their cities and all their encampments, and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast. Then they brought the captives and the plunder and the spoil to Moses. However, Moses was angry with the officers and the commanders of the army, who had come from service in the war. Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for you.
N.B. every woman who has slept with a man had been killed; it seems likely that many thousands of foreign Midianites women were killed.
The Lord said to Moses, “Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation,
And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 women who had never slept with a man.
But who are the Midianites?
The Midianites are the sons of Abraham and Moses relatives
The Midianites are derived from Midian who is the son of Abraham. Also, Jethro, the priest of Midian was Moses’ father in law. However, Moses killed all the Midianites’ women who have slept with a man.
Again, it may be fruitful to remind the smart reader that the sword is mentioned more than 400 times in the Bible; and the sword is never ever mentioned in the entire Quran.
In the entire Quran, the term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.
To avoid repetition, the interested reader can read the previous seven articles of this series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran 1-7″.
The Midianites in the Quran:
On the other hand, this Biblical story of the war between the Israelites and the Midianites is not mentioned therein in the Quran. However, Midian is mentioned nine times in the Quran, in the verses 7:85, 9:70, 11:84, 20:40, 22:44, 28:22, 28:45 and 29:36. All of these nine verses talk about the arguments between the Midianites’ unbelievers and their Arabic Prophet Shu’aib who kept advising them not to worship but Allah, the Almighty Creator. The Arabic Prophet Shu’aib is not mentioned therein in the entire Bible!
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The Bible (King James Version)
Numbers 31
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
18But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
25And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
33And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34And threescore and one thousand asses,
35And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.
Genesis 25:1-2
1Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Exodus 3:1
1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
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The Quran
Verse 7:85 (Qarib Translation):
And to Midian, (Allah sent) their brother Shu’aib. He said: ‘worship Allah, my nation, for you have no god except him. A clear sign has come to you from your lord. Give just weight, and full measure; and do not diminish the goods of people. Do not corrupt the land after it has been set right, that is best for you, if you are believers.
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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:
Are the Scholars honest when they claim that the Quran is quoted from the Bible?
Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil,
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Head (ex-) of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit, Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt
President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors, Honorary President of SPIC-Egypt (The Society of Practitioners of Infection Control – Egypt), Co-Chief Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Lab. Medicine
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers, Published 5 Books and some 60 Medical Articles, Supervisors for 79 PhD theses and111 Master Degree theses.
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In Bible versus Quran: Kill Men and Women, Young and Old
This is the seventh article of the series:
“The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”
In the previous articles of this series, we have seen that Language-wise, the “foreign” woman or the “strange” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman. However, the Bible has another opinion.
As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman or the “strange” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.
As a result, all non-Israelite or all the non-Jewish women are “foreign” women or “strange” women.
This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).
According to the inspired word of God, the Bible gives three examples of the foreign women; all of them were prostitutes.
As a matter of fact, all the foreign women in the Old Testament save Ruth are prostitutes or evil or robbers and they are unfaithful and they lead to death.
The first foreign woman was Rahab, the prostitute, who welcomed the spies and helped them against her country.
The second foreign woman, a prostitute, was the mother of Jephthah, a mighty man of valor who delivered Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites and judged Israel six years.
The third foreign woman was from Gaza. One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
The most important one of these foreign women is Rahab the prostitute as the Bible calls her.
Rahab in the Old Testament (Joshua 2 and 6)
Joshua sent two spies to spy Jericho. They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. This Biblical verse throws some light about the importance of the women especially the prostitutes in the “world of spies”. The king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.
After invading Jericho, Joshua commanded: The city and all that is in it are to be totally destroyed. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies.
Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the prostitute’s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she has, as you swore unto her.
And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her; because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho; and she lives among the Israelites. And Joshua destroyed with the sword every living thing in Jericho, men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
Rahab in the New Testament
1) Matthew puts Rahab the prostitute, in the Genealogy of the Lord Jesus, as being one of family tree of the Lord Jesus.
2) Paul says: By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
3) James says: even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them out by another way?
Rahab and Jericho; her citizenship was violated to the highest degree
Rahab was a Jericho citizen, she changed to the side of Jericho’s enemy and helped the spies; she did not listen to her king. She is a collaborator in the total destruction of her city. Was she a turncoat to her country, was she an agent of the enemy and traitor to her homeland?
However, the Bible, especially the New Testament, honors Rahab very much!
It seems likely that helping the spies against your country is a relative issue; some believe that it is the top crime against your country although the others say that it is the sign of faith and righteousness!
Also, the cause of invasion of Jericho is not mentioned. Why did Joshua invade Jericho and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it, all men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
It was total destruction of all forms of life, every living thing, men and all the foreign women, babies, girls, kids, even all the animals were killed.
I really do not think that God Love would be happy with such acts.
Also, I am not sure if you smart reader know that the sword is mentioned more than 400 times in the Bible (a year is 365 days!); and the sword is never ever mentioned in the entire Quran.
On the other hand, Joshua, Rahab, Jephthah, Samson, Jericho and Gaza are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.
Moreover, the idiom “Foreign woman” is not found in the Quran; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.
Moreover, I wonder why Matthew and Mark insist that the splendid Saint Mary was an ordinary woman; she married Joseph who begot four children from her.
In the Quran, Saint Mary was one of the best four women ever walked on the earth. No man touched her; she was absolutely pure and virgin until she died. She was virgin all through her life from birth to death and no man has ever touched her. All respects, greetings and Peace are due to her and her son.
Nevertheless, both Matthew (13:55) and Mark (6:3) claim that Joseph begot four boys from Saint Mary; they were James, Joseph, Simon and Judas. These four boys are the four brothers of the Lord Jesus (four God’s brothers!).
Besides, the genealogy of the Lord Jesus in the Bible is composed of 42 generations according to Matthew-1 while it is composed of 55 generations according to Mark-3, i.e., there are 13 missed generations. These 42 or 55 generations are from Abraham to Joseph who married Mary and had four children from her. On the other hand, the genealogy of the Lord Jesus in the Quran is only three words: “Jesus the Son of Mary!” PERIOD
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The Bible (New International Version)
Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go; look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
Joshua 2:3
So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”
Joshua 6:17
The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.
Joshua 6:21
They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
Joshua 6:22
Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.”
Joshua 6:25
But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.
Hebrews 11:31
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.
James 2:25
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?
Judges 11:1
Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.
Judges 16:1
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
Matthew 1:1, 5
1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
5Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse (the father of King David),
Matthew 13:55
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?
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The Quran
In the entire Quran, the term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.
To avoid repetition, the interested reader can read the previous six articles of this series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”.
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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:
Are the Scholars honest when they claim that the Quran is quoted from the Bible?
Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil,
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Head (ex-) of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit, Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt
President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors, Honorary President of SPIC-Egypt (The Society of Practitioners of Infection Control – Egypt), Co-Chief Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Lab. Medicine
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers, Published 5 Books and some 60 Medical Articles, Supervisors for 79 PhD theses and111 Master Degree theses.
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