10. They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.
11. They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.
12. They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho.
13. Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp.
14. But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
15. Moses said to them, “Have you allowed all the women to live?
16. Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor – which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord!
17. Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.
18. But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.