Bamidbar 31:15-17

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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.

¹⁷ Now therefore slaughter every zakhar among the little ones, and kill every isha that hath known ish by lying with zakhar.