31 ¹² Then they brought the captives and the booty and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 31 ¹³ Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp. 31 ¹⁴ And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. 31 ¹⁵ Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live? 31 ¹⁶ Behold, these caused the people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of Yahweh. 31 ¹⁷ Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. 31 ¹⁸ But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 31 ¹⁹ Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever of you has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. 31 ²⁰ You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood."

31 ²¹ And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle: "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses: 31 ²² only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 31 ²³ everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water of impurity; and whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water.