Which captives were allowed to be kept alive
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Question
Hello, Numbers 31:19 Rashi mentions that your captives require sprinkling after circumcision. Does this refer to the children who remained alive from the sons of Midian? And does it mean they need to be converted and circumcised?
Answer
Hello
The reference is to those taken captive in other wars, if they convert to Judaism.
For in the war with Midian, only girls under the age of 3 were left alive.
Source
Rabbi Ovadia of Bartenura (Numbers 31:19).