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7 They went to war against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses, and killed every man.
8 Included in those killed were the five kings of Midian-Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam, son of Beor, in battle.
9 The Israelites took the Midianite women and children as prisoners of war. They also took all their animals, their livestock, and their valuables as loot.
10 They burned the cities where the Midianites lived and all their settlements.
11 They took everything as loot including all the people and animals,
12 and brought the prisoners of war, the loot, and everything to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.
13 Moses, the priest Eleazar, and all the leaders of the congregation went outside the camp to meet them.
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.