CAB(i)
7 And they set themselves in array against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.
8 And they killed the kings of Midian together with their slain subjects; even Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and they killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their other slain.
9 And they made a prey of the women of Midian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions; and they spoiled their forces.
10 And they burned with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation, and they burned their villages with fire.
11 And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.
12 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at the Jordan by Jericho.
13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them.
14 And Moses was angry with the captains of the army, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle array.
15 And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive?
16 For they were the occasion to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Peor. And there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.
17 Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known a man intimately.
18 And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known a man intimately, keep them alive.