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Numbers 31:16

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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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  1. Numbers 31:14

    And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

  2. Numbers 31:15

    And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

  3. Numbers 31:17

    Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

  4. Numbers 31:18

    But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.