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Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
[The Israelites] warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and slew every male. . . . And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and they took as booty all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods. All their cities in the places where they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burned with fire, and took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and of beast . . . Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live? . . . Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."
Numbers 31:7-18
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"... and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord." Numbers 31:16
Odd that this little bit of information is included in Numbers 13. Could it be that the plague was an STD and that's why they didn't kill the virgins?