Numbers 31:15-17

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁵ And Moses said to them, Have you let all the women live?

¹⁶ Behold, these caused the Israelites by the counsel of Balaam to trespass and act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so a [smiting] plague came among the congregation of the Lord.^(A)

¹⁷ Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who is not a virgin.