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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
Did you also read the part where Moses orders the massacre of women and children? Numbers 31:17.
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Yes, the Midianites were hostile to the Israelites. The women eventually "induced" thousands of Israelite men to become involved in sexual immorality and idolatry in connection with pagan god Baal. God told Moses to seek vengeance on the five Midian kings. The cities were destroyed, spoils taken, and men, women and children killed except for the virgins.
23,000 Israelite men also were killed for their idolatry.