Numbers 31:13

13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.

Numbers 31:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:13

And Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation
Attended, no doubt, with a proper retinue:

went forth to meet them without the camp;
partly to do honour to them, and to congratulate them on their victory, and partly to hinder them going into the camp directly, until they were purified; see ( Genesis 14:17 Genesis 14:18 ) .

Numbers 31:13 In-Context

11 After they had gathered the plunder and captives, both people and animals,

12 they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.

14 But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains who had returned from the battle.

15 “Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded.