2 “Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites – after that you will be gathered to your people.”
3 So Moses spoke to the people: “Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.
4 You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”
5 So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.
6 So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets.
7 They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
8 They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain – Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba – five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.