Numbers 31:14-18 Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of the companies and battalions, who were returning from battle.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of the companies and battalions, who were returning from battle. ¹⁵ Moses asked them: »Have you spared all the women? ¹⁶ »Look, these women caused the Israelites, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor. Thus the congregation of Jehovah experienced the plague. ¹⁷ »So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man. ¹⁸ »But keep alive for yourselves every girl who has never gone to bed with a man.