Numbers 31:14-16

14And Moses was angry with athe officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 15Moses said to them, “Have you blet all the women live? 16Behold, cthese, don Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of ePeor, and so fthe plague came among the congregation of the Lord.
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