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Numbers Chapter 31. (see 17 & 18 especially).
Sorry about the
ancient English (Middle actually) but it's the only one without copyright.
Gotta keep everything above board just in case someone wants to sue me.
1 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the
children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy
people. 3 And Moses spake
unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go
against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. 4 Of every tribe a
thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were
delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe,
twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent
them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of
Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to
blow in his hand. 7 And they warred
against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the
males. 8 And they slew
the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi,
and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son
of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children
of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones,
and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their
goods. 10 And they burnt
all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11 And they took
all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they
brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the
priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at
the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 13 And Moses, and
Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet
them without the camp. 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. 15 And
Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 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. 17 Now
therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath
known man by lying with him. 18 But
all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive
for yourselves.
I must admit, it
must have been a task to try and work out which of the women had had sex
before. I suppose lesbians must have been off the hook.
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