Numbers 31:15-17

New Century Version

¹⁵ He asked them, “Why did you let the women live? ¹⁶ They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people. ¹⁷ Kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations.