Numbers 31:12-15 New Century Version (NCV)

12. Then they brought the captives, the animals, and the goods back to Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the Israelites. Their camp was on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

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

14. Moses was angry with the army officers, the commanders over a thousand men, and those over a hundred men, who returned from war.

15. He asked them, “Why did you let the women live?

Numbers 31