Numbers 31:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ Moses spoke to the people, “Equip some of your men for combat. They will go against Midian to carry out the Lord’s vengeance on Midian. ⁴ Send one thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel into combat.” ⁵ So out of all the thousands of Israel, a military unit of a thousand was selected from each tribe—a total of twelve thousand men armed for battle.