11. They took all the plunder and all the prey of men and of beasts.
12. They brought the captives, the prey, and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, to the assembly of the children of Israel, and to the camp on the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan across from Jericho.
13. Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the assembly went to meet them outside the camp.
14. Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle.
15. Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
16. These caused the children of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to act unfaithfully against the Lord concerning the thing of Peor, and there was a plague among the assembly of the Lord.
17. So now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by lying with him.
18. But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man by lying with him.
19. “And you stay outside the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.