Numbers 31:3-5

Christian Standard Bible

³ So Moses spoke to the people, “Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the Lord’s vengeance^(A) on them. ⁴ Send one thousand men to war from each Israelite tribe.” ⁵ So one thousand were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands^[a] in Israel—twelve thousand equipped for war.