Numbers 31:2-10

2“Execute vengeance for the Israelites against the Midianites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

3So Moses spoke to the people, “Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the Lord’s vengeance on them.

4Send one thousand men to war from each Israelite tribe.”

5So one thousand were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel — twelve thousand equipped for war.

6Moses sent one thousand from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets.

7They waged war against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male.

8Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

9The Israelites took the Midianite women and their dependents captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.

10Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments,