Numbers 31:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ So Moses said to the people, “·Get some men ready [Arm some men] for war. The Lord will use them to ·pay back [avenge himself against] the Midianites. ⁴ Send to war a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.” ⁵ So twelve thousand men ·got ready for war [were armed], out of the thousands of Israel a thousand men from each tribe.