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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 31, Verse 14

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And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
King James Version
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, [with] the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
American Standard Version
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
New English Translation
The Death of the Midianite Women But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
World English Bible
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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And Moses said unto them, Have ye 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 there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
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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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But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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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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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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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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Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
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Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
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And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.