Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
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Numbers 31:14 in context
Numbers 31:11–17
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They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
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They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
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Moses and Eleazar the priest, with all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
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Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
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Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
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Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
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Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
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