13. And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp.
14. And Moses being angry with the chief officers of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle,
15. Said: Why have you saved the women?
16. Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished?
17. Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.
18. But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:
19. And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day.
20. And of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or of wood, shall be purified.
21. Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that had fought, in this manner: This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord hath commanded Moses:
22. Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,
23. And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation: