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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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"Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
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So Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on Midian.
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A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war."
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So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand.
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And they warred against the Midianites, just as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.