Numbers 31:13-20

New International Version

¹³ Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. ¹⁴ Moses was angry with the officers of the army^(A)—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle.

¹⁵ “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. ¹⁶ “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice^(B) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,^(C) so that a plague^(D) struck the Lord’s people. ¹⁷ Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,^{(E) 18} but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

¹⁹ “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed^(F) must stay outside the camp seven days.^(G) On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves^(H) and your captives. ²⁰ Purify every garment^(I) as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.^(J)”