Numbers 31:14-18

New Century Version

¹⁴ Moses was angry with the army officers, the commanders over a thousand men, and those over a hundred men, who returned from war.

¹⁵ He asked them, “Why did you let the women live? ¹⁶ They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people. ¹⁷ Kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations. ¹⁸ But save for yourselves the girls who have not had sexual relations with a man.