Numbers 31:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. And afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”

³ And Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Some of you, arm yourselves for war. And let them go against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the LORD against Midian.

⁴ “A thousand of every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel shall you send to the war.”