Numbers 31:7-17

7They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

8They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain – Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba – five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

9The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

10They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.

11They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals.

12They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho.

13Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp.

14But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

15Moses said to them, “Have you allowed all the women to live?

16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor – which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord!

17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.