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So out of all the thousands of Israel, a military unit of a thousand was selected from each tribe—a total of twelve thousand men armed for battle. Moses sent them into combat, one thousand from each tribe. Moses sent them and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, into combat. Things from the sanctuary[a] and the trumpets for signaling were in his hand.

They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

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  1. Numbers 31:6 Perhaps the Urim and Thummim