And Moses sent them to the war, even a thousand of every tribe, and sent them with [a]Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest to the war: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.

And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.

They slew also the kings of Midian among them that were slain: (A)Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian, and they slew [b]Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:6 For his great zeal that he bare to the Lord, Num. 25:13.
  2. Numbers 31:8 The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israelites to offend their God.

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