Numbers 31:5-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵ So 1,000 were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands^[a] in Israel—12,000 equipped for war. ⁶ Moses sent 1,000 from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets.

⁷ They waged war against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male.