Numbers 31:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵ Twelve thousand men were picked from the tribes of Israel, and after they were prepared for battle, ⁶ Moses sent them off to war. Phinehas the son of Eleazar went with them and took along some things from the sacred tent^[a] and the trumpets for sounding the battle signal.

⁷ The Israelites fought against the Midianites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. They killed all the men,