14. Moses was very angry with the leaders of the army, the commanders of 1000 men, and the commanders of 100 men, who came back from the war.
15. Moses said to them, “Why did you let the women live?
16. These are the women who listened to Balaam and caused the men of Israel to turn away from the Lord that time at Peor. The disease will come to the Lord’S people again.
17. Now, kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations with a man.
18. You can let all the young girls live—but only if they never had sexual relations with any man.
19. And then, all you men who killed other people must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must stay outside the camp even if you just touched a dead body. On the third day you and your prisoners must make yourselves pure. You must do the same thing again on the seventh day.
20. You must wash all of your clothes. You must wash anything made with leather, wool, or wood. You must purify yourselves.”
21. Then Eleazar the priest spoke to the soldiers. He said, “These are the rules that the Lord gave to Moses for soldiers coming back from war.