You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex.
the Lord will force them out of the land. Then you must destroy them without mercy. Don't make any peace treaties with them,
But do not kill the young women who have never had sex. You may keep them for yourselves.”
So they sent 12,000 warriors with these orders: “Attack Jabesh in Gilead and kill everyone, except the women who have never been married.”