Bamidbar 31:14-16

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁴ And Moshe was in wrath with the pekudei hechayil (officers of the army), with the sarim over thousands, and sarim over hundreds, which were returning from the milchamah of the army.

¹⁵ And Moshe said unto them, Have ye saved all the nekevah alive?

¹⁶ Hinei, these caused the Bnei Yisroel, through the davar Balaam, to turn unfaithful against Hashem in the matter of Peor, and there was a magefah (plague) among the Adat Hashem.