Definition of "males" []

• Plural form of male. (noun)

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• "The common mistake has been, in supposing that the command in the 15th verse refers to the _whole system of directions preceding_, commencing with the 10th, whereas it manifestly refers only to the _inflictions_ specified in the 12th, 13th, and 14th, making a distinction between those _Canaanitish_ cities that _fought_, and the cities _afar off_ that fought -- in one case destroying the males and females, and in the other, the _males_ only."
• "_whole system of directions preceding_, commencing with the 10th verse, whereas it manifestly refers only to the _inflictions_ specified in the verses immediately preceding, viz. the 12th, 13th, and 14th, and thus make a distinction between those _Canaanitish_ cities that _fought_, and the cities _afar off_ that fought -- in one case destroying the males and females, and in the other, the _males_ only."
• "_fought_, and the cities _afar off_ that fought -- in one case destroying the males and females, and in the other, the _males_ only."