Numbers 31:4

You are to contribute one thousand men from each Israelite tribe.”

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In The King James Version

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

In Context

3Moses instructed the people, “Have some of your men get ready for battle, so they can go and attack the Midianites and carry out the Lord's punishment on them.

5So one thousand men were chosen from each Israelite tribe, making twelve thousand troops ready for battle.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:8Five of you will kill one hundred, and one hundred of you will kill ten thousand. You will destroy your enemies.

1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to the young armor-bearer, “Come on, let's cross over to the garrison of these heathen men. Maybe the Lord will help us out. It's not a problem for the Lord to win, whether by many or by few.”

Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:2-7

The Slaughter of the Midianites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe,… Read the whole commentary →

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