Numbers 31:13-22
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13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
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14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
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15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
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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 there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
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17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
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18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
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20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
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21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
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22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,