Numbers 31:16

16 Behold, these caused the children of Yisra'el, through the counsel of Bil`am, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Pe`or, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.

Numbers 31:16 In-Context

14 Moshe was angry with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
15 Moshe said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Yisra'el, through the counsel of Bil`am, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Pe`or, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
18 But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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