¹⁴ But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle.

¹⁵ And Moses said to them: “Have you kept ^(A)all the women alive? ¹⁶ Look, ^(B)these women caused the children of Israel, through the ^(C)counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and ^(D)there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. ¹⁷ Now therefore, ^(E)kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. ¹⁸ But keep alive ^(F)for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.