16. Behold, these caused the Israelites by the counsel of Balaam to trespass and act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so a [smiting] plague came among the congregation of the Lord. [Num. 25:1-9; 31:8.]
17. Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who is not a virgin.
18. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.
19. Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.
20. You shall purify every garment, all that is made of skins, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood.
21. And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses: