And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.(Numbers 31:12)

And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.(Numbers 31:13)

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.(Numbers 31:14)

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.(Numbers 31:16)

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.(Numbers 31:17)

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.(Numbers 31:18)

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Numbers 31:15 - Cross Reference

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. (Psalm 137:8)

Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. (Ezekiel 9:6)

And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: (Deuteronomy 20:13)

So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. (Joshua 10:40)

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: (Deuteronomy 20:16)

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. (Joshua 11:14)

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: (Deuteronomy 2:34)

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. (1 Samuel 15:3)

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. (Jeremiah 48:10)

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. (Joshua 6:21)

And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. (Joshua 8:25)