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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.

And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Some men of you be armed for the army, and they shall be against Midian, to give the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

you shall send to the army a thousand for a tribe as to all the tribes of Israel.

And a thousand for a tribe were given out of the thousands of Israel, twelve thousand armed ones of the army.

And Moses sent them to the army, a thousand for a tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest to the army. Also he sent the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound in his hand.

And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah had commanded Moses, and killed every male.

And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

And the sons of Israel took the women of Midian captive, and their infants, and all their livestock, and all their possessions. And they plundered all their wealth.

And they burned all their cities with fire, their homes, and all their towers.

And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among animal.

And they brought it to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel; the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to the camp, to the plains of Moab which are by Jordan, near Jericho.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all the rulers of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.