So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 31:5 in context
Numbers 31:2–8
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“Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
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Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.
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You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
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So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
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They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.
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They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
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