And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? — Moses confronts them for sparing the women, the very group who seduced Israel into idolatry at Baal-Peor. The question is rhetorical, accusatory: they have failed to complete the consecrated war. This reveals that mercy toward those who threatened covenant-fidelity is itself a covenant violation.

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