10. All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
11. They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
12. They brought the captives, and the prey, and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
13. Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
14. Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
15. Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
16. Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was amongst the congregation of the Lord.
17. Now therefore kill every male amongst the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
18. But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.