⁶ Moses sent them into battle,^(A) a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas^(B) son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary^(C) and the trumpets^(D) for signaling.

²¹ Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle,^(A) “This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses: