2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.
3So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.
4From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.
5So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.
6And Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from every tribe, and with them Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, taking in his hands the vessels of the holy place and the horns for sounding the note of war.
7And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.
