Numbers 31:4

4 a thousand from each tribe of Israel to go to war."

Numbers 31:4 In-Context

2 "Avenge the People of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you will go to be with your dead ancestors."
3 Moses addressed the people: "Recruit men for a campaign against Midian, to exact God's vengeance on Midian,
4 a thousand from each tribe of Israel to go to war."
5 A fighting force of a thousand from each tribe of Israel - twelve thousand in all - was recruited.
6 Moses sent them off to war, a thousand from each tribe, and also Phinehas son of Eleazar, who went as priest to the army, in charge of holy vessels and the signaling bugles.
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