Numbers 31:16-18

New American Standard Bible

^16 (A)Behold, they caused the sons of Israel, through the ^[a]counsel of ^(B)Balaam, to be unfaithful to the Lord in the matter of Peor, so that the plague took place among the congregation of the Lord! ^17 (C)Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man ^[b]intimately. ¹⁸ However, all the ^[c]girls who have not known a ^[d]man intimately, keep alive for yourselves.