Numbers 31:7-17

7So they made war against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses, and 1they killed every male. 8They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of those killed: 2Evi, Rekem, 3Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed 4Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. 9And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and they plundered all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their property. 10Then they 5burned all their cities where they lived and all their encampments. 11And 6they took all the plunder and all the spoils, both of people and of livestock. 12They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab which are by the Jordan, opposite Jericho.

13And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp. 14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 15And Moses said to them, “Have you 7spared 8all the women? 169Behold, they caused the sons of Israel, through the 10counsel of 11Balaam, to be unfaithful to the Lord in the matter of Peor, so that the plague took place among the congregation of the Lord! 1712Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man 13intimately.