Numbers 31:13-18

New International Reader's Version

¹³ Moses and Eleazar the priest went to meet them outside the camp. So did all the leaders of the community. ¹⁴ Moses was angry with the officers of the army who had returned from the battle. Some of them were the commanders of thousands of men. Others were the commanders of hundreds.

¹⁵ “Have you let all the women remain alive?” Moses asked them. ¹⁶ “The women followed Balaam’s advice. They caused the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord. The people worshiped the god named Baal that was worshiped at Peor. So a plague struck them. ¹⁷ Kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man. ¹⁸ But save for yourselves every woman who has never slept with a man.