14. Moses was angry with the army officers who returned from war. He was angry with those commanders over 1,000 men and those over 100 men.
15. He asked them, “Why did you let the women live?
16. They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice. They turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people.
17. Kill all the Midianite boys. Kill all the Midianite women who have had physical relations.