Numbers 31:3 YLT

¹  And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

²  'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites -- afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.'

³  And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, 'Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

⁴  a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.'

⁵  And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;