⁶Moses sent them into battle. He sent 1,000 from each tribe. The priest Phinehas went along with them. Phinehas was the son of Eleazar. Phinehas took some articles from the sacred tent with him. He also took the trumpets. The trumpet blasts would tell the people what to do and when to do it.

⁷They fought against Midian, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. They killed every man. ⁸Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba were among the men they killed. Those men were the five kings of Midian. The people of Israel also killed Balaam, the son of Beor, with a sword.

⁹They captured the women and children of Midian. They took for themselves all of the herds, flocks and goods.

¹⁰They burned up all of the towns where the people of Midian had settled. They also burned up all of their camps.

¹¹They carried off everything they had taken. That included the people and the animals. ¹²They brought back to Israel’s camp the prisoners and everything else they had taken. They took them to Moses and to the priest Eleazar. They brought them to the whole community. Israel was camped on the flatlands of Moab. They were by the Jordan River across from Jericho.

¹³Moses and the priest Eleazar went to meet them outside the camp. So did all of the leaders of the community.

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