rsv Numbers:31:7-17
rsv@Numbers:31:7 @ They warred against Mid'ian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and slew every male.
rsv@Numbers:31:8 @ They slew the kings of Mid'ian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Mid'ian; and they also slew Balaam the son of Be'or with the sword.
rsv@Numbers:31:9 @ And the people of Israel took captive the women of Mid'ian and their little ones; and they took as booty all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.
rsv@Numbers:31:10 @ All their cities in the places where they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burned with fire,
rsv@Numbers:31:11 @ and took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and of beast.
rsv@Numbers:31:12 @ Then they brought the captives and the booty and the spoil to Moses, and to Elea'zar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
rsv@Numbers:31:13 @ Moses, and Elea'zar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.
rsv@Numbers:31:14 @ And 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.
rsv@Numbers:31:15 @ Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
rsv@Numbers:31:16 @ Behold, these caused the people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Pe'or, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.
rsv@Numbers:31:17 @ Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.