So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man.
But save for yourselves every girl who has never gone to bed with a man.
When the Lord your God hands the city over to you, kill every man in that city with your swords.
When the Lord your God gives them to you and you defeat them, destroy every one of them because they have been claimed by the Lord. Don’t make any treaties with them or show them any mercy.
The congregation sent 12,000 soldiers. They ordered them, “Go and kill the people of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and children.