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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. Along with the others who were slain, they killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:6 Perhaps the Urim and Thummim