Numbers 31:4

Every tribe throughout Israel must send a thousand soldiers to war.”

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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

3So Moses spoke to the people. He said, “Arm some of your men for war so they may go against Midian and carry out Yahweh's vengeance on it.

5So out of Israel's thousands of men, one thousand was provided from each tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:8Five of you will chase away a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand; your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to his young armor bearer, “Come, let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised fellows. It may be that Yahweh will work on our behalf, for nothing can stop Yahweh from saving by many or by few people.”

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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