So one thousand were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands[a] in Israel—twelve thousand equipped for war. 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.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 31:5 Or clans

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