“And now, slay every male among the little ones. And every woman who has known a man by lying with a man you shall slay.
“And when יהוה your Elohim gives them over to you, you shall smite them and put them under the ban, completely. Make no covenant with them, and show them no favour.
“But keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a man by lying with a man.
And the congregation sent out there twelve thousand of their bravest men, and commanded them, saying, “Go, and you shall smite the inhabitants of Yaḇ
and יהוה your Elohim shall give it into your hands, and you shall smite every male in it with the edge of the sword.