Numbers 31:14-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

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 ^[a]spared ^(A)all the women? ^16 (B)Behold, these ^[b]caused the sons of Israel, through the ^[c]counsel of ^(C)Balaam, to ^[d]trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the Lord.