31:2. Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
31:3. And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.
31:4. Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.
31:5. And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.
31:6. And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.
31:7. And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.
31:8. And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.
31:9. And they took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered:
31:10. And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.
31:11. And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.