“But Moses was angry with the officers of the army — the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds — who were returning from the battle.”
Numbers 31:14 (BSB)
Context Reading
12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho. 13And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. 14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army — the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds — who were returning from the battle. 15“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them. 16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.