12. They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
13. Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.
14. Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
15. And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
16. Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the Lord.
17. Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately.
18. But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.
19. And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.
20. You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats' hair, and all articles of wood."
21. Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses: