14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, those returning from the campaign of the war.
15 Moses said to them, “You let all the women live?
16 Why, they are the ones—because of Balaam’s advice—who caused Bnei-Yisrael to be unfaithful to Adonai in the matter of Peor, so that the plague was on the community of Adonai!
17 So now, kill all the boys and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man.
18 But save for yourselves every girl who has not been intimate with a man.
19 “Any of you who has killed anyone or touched the body of anyone who has been killed must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves, on the third and seventh days—you and your captives.
20 Also purify every item of clothing as well as every item made of leather or wood.”