Numbers 31:2-4

Expanded Bible

² “·Pay back [Avenge] the Midianites for what they did to the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel; 25:6]; after that you will ·die [^Lbe gathered to your people].”

³ So Moses said to the people, “·Get some men ready [Arm some men] for war. The Lord will use them to ·pay back [avenge himself against] the Midianites. ⁴ Send to war a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.”