Bamidbar 31:13

13 And Moshe, and Eleazar HaKohen, and all the nasiim of the Edah, went forth to meet them outside the machaneh.

Bamidbar 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 ) .

Bamidbar 31:13 In-Context

11 And they took all the plunder, and all the spoil, both of adam and of behemah.

12 And they brought the captives, and the plunder, and the spoil, unto Moshe, and Eleazar HaKohen, and unto the Adat Bnei Yisroel, unto the machaneh at the plains of Moav, which are by Yarden near Yericho.

13 And Moshe, and Eleazar HaKohen, and all the nasiim of the Edah, went forth to meet them outside the machaneh.

14 And Moshe was in wrath with the pekudei hechayil (officers of the army), with the sarim over thousands, and sarim over hundreds, which were returning from the milchamah of the army.

15 And Moshe said unto them, Have ye saved all the nekevah alive?