History Repeats:
...Then they brought the captives [Midianites, black folks] and the booty and the spoil to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. Moses,and Eazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp. And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds who had come from service in the war. Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? Behold, these caused the people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so plague came among the congregation of the Lord. Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves…
– Numbers 31:12-18
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