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Nu 31:6 Strong Concordance And Moses [04872] sent [07971] them to the war [06635], a thousand [0505] of every tribe [04294], them and Phinehas [06372] the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], to the war [06635], with the holy [06944] instruments [03627], and the trumpets [02689] to blow [08643] in his hand [03027].
  King James And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Moses sent . . . Eleazar the priest, to the war--Although it is not expressly mentioned, it is highly probable that Joshua was the general who conducted this war. The presence of the priest, who was always with the army (Deu 20:2), was necessary to preside over the Levites, who accompanied the expedition, and to inflame the courage of the combatants by his sacred services and counsels.

holy instruments--As neither the ark nor the Urim and Thummim were carried to the battlefield till a later period in the history of Israel, the "holy instruments" must mean the "trumpets" (Num 10:9). And this view is agreeable to the text, by simply changing "and" into "even," as the Hebrew particle is frequently rendered.
 
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9 And if ye go [0935] to war [04421] in your land [0776] against [06862] the enemy that oppresseth [06887] you, then ye shall blow an alarm [07321] with the trumpets [02689]; and ye shall be remembered [02142] before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and ye shall be saved [03467] from your enemies [0341].
2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh [07126] unto the battle [04421], that the priest [03548] shall approach [05066] and speak [01696] unto the people [05971],
7 And when Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499], the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], saw [07200] it, he rose up [06965] from among [08432] the congregation [05712], and took [03947] a javelin [07420] in his hand [03027];
8 And he went [0935] after [0310] the man [0376] of Israel [03478] into the tent [06898], and thrust [01856] both [08147] of them through, the man [0376] of Israel [03478], and the woman [0802] through [0413] her belly [06897]. So the plague [04046] was stayed [06113] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
9 And those that died [04191] in the plague [04046] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
10 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
11 Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499], the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], hath turned [07725] my wrath [02534] away [07725] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478], while he was zealous [07065] for my sake [07068] among [08432] them, that I consumed [03615] not the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in my jealousy [07068].
12 Wherefore say [0559], Behold, I give [05414] unto him my covenant [01285] of peace [07965]:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed [02233] after [0310] him, even the covenant [01285] of an everlasting [05769] priesthood [03550]; because [0834] he was zealous [07065] for his God [0430], and made an atonement [03722] for the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
10 When thou comest nigh [07126] unto a city [05892] to fight [03898] against it, then proclaim [07121] peace [07965] unto it.