Numbers 31:5-7

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ So one thousand were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands^[a] in Israel—twelve thousand equipped for war. ⁶ Moses sent one thousand from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets.

⁷ They waged war against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male.^(A)