Numbers 31:9-20

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.

18But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.

19“Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

20You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat’s hair, and everything made of wood.”