5. So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle.
6. Then Moses sent them out, 1,000 men from each tribe, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest led them into battle. They carried along the holy objects of the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the charge.
7. They attacked Midian as the lord had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.
8. All five of the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—died in the battle. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
9. Then the Israelite army captured the Midianite women and children and seized their cattle and flocks and all their wealth as plunder.
10. They burned all the towns and villages where the Midianites had lived.