Thomson(i)
2 Avenge the cause of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterward thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
3 Whereupon Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm men from among you and array them before the Lord, against Madian, to pour vengeance from the Lord on Madian;
4 a thousand from every tribe. You shall send them out of all the tribes to be drawn up in array.
5 So out of the thousands of Israel they numbered a thousand from a tribe; twelve thousand. They were armed for close engagement.
6 And Moses sent these; a thousand from every tribe; and with the army composed of them, Phineas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, with the holy instruments; the trumpets for sounding a charge, in their hands.