^{14 Ref} and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle.

^{15 Ref} And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?

^{16 Ref} lo, they -- they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.

^{17 Ref} `And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;

^{18 Ref} and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.