Numbers 31:14-16

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴ Moses was angry with the army officers who returned from war. He was angry with those commanders over 1,000 men and those over 100 men.

¹⁵ He asked them, “Why did you let the women live? ¹⁶ They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice. They turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people.