13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.
14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle.
15 And Moses said to them: “Have you kept aall the women alive?
16 Look, athese women caused the children of Israel, through the bcounsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and cthere was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
17 Now therefore, akill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately.
18 But keep alive afor yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.
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Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Numbers 31:15.
Numbers 31:15-16
Moses is referring to an event recorded a few chapters earlier when Israel was led into a mass participation of sin instigated by the counsel of the false prophet Balaam. Let us look in Numbers 25 where that sin is briefly described.
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