... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part III): events in Moab > war of the Israelites against the Midianites (Numbers 31) > all the Midianite men, including their five kings and Balaam, are killed; the women, children and animals are captured, and the cities are burnt