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.
19. “Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
20. You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”
21. Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses:
22. however the gold, and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23. everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.
24. You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
25. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26. “Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation;
27. and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
28. Levy a tribute to the Lord of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks.
29. Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the Lord’s wave offering.