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