15. and said, “I can't believe you let the women live!
16. They are the ones who followed Balaam's advice and invited our people to worship the god Baal-Peor. That's why the Lord punished us by killing so many of our people.
17. You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex.
18. But do not kill the young women who have never had sex. You may keep them for yourselves.”
19. Then Moses said to the soldiers, “If you killed anyone or touched a dead body, you are unclean and have to stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third and seventh days, you must go through a ceremony to make yourselves and your captives clean.