31:6 So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge1 of the holy articles2 and the signal trumpets.
[31:6]1tn The Hebrew text uses the idiom that these “were in his hand,” meaning that he had the responsibility over them.
[31:6]2sn It is not clear what articles from the sanctuary were included. Tg. Ps.-J. adds (interpretively) “the Urim and Thummim.”
