3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of your men for war, and let them go against the Midianites to give the vengeance of the Lord against Midian.
4 A thousand from each tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you will send to the war.”
5 So there were delivered from the thousands of Israel a thousand of each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy vessels and the trumpets to sound the alarm in his hand.
7 They waged war against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
8 They killed the kings of Midian, in addition to the rest of those who were killed: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian. Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.
9 The children of Israel returned with the women of Midian and their children and took their livestock, and all their flocks, and all their wealth for plunder.