Numbers 31:1-4 ▼

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 “Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites—afterward you are gathered to your people.”

3 And Moses speaks to the people, saying, “Arm men from [among] you for the war, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of YHWH on Midian;

4 one thousand for a tribe—you send one thousand for a tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”