Commentary for Yevamot 120:9

הוי אומר בראויה ליבעל הכתוב מדבר

but if she hath not known, save her alive; from this it may be inferred that children are to be kept alive whether they have known or have not known [a man]; and, on the other hand, it is also written, <i>But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXI, 18. ');">¹⁴</span> but do not spare them if they have known. Consequently<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To reconcile the contradiction. ');">²¹</span> it must be said that Scripture speaks of <font>one who is fit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one who had attained the age of three years and one day. ');">²²</span></font>

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