... > 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) > the Israelite army returns with the spoils after the battle against the Midianites > Moses orders the death of the mature Midianite women and their male children after the victory of the Israelites over the Midianites