2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Mid´i-anites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Mid´i-anites, and avenge the Lord of Mid´i-an.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phin´ehas the son of Ele-a´zar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Mid´i-anites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the kings of Mid´i-an, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Mid´i-an: Ba´laam also the son of Be´or they slew with the sword.