3 So Moses spoke to the people, “Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the Lord’s vengeance on them.
4 Send 1,000 men to war from each Israelite tribe.”
5 So 1,000 were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel — 12,000 equipped for war.
6 Moses sent 1,000 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.
8 Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
9 The Israelites took the Midianite women and their children captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.