Numbers 31:4
Of ech lynage be chosun a thousynde men of Israel, that schulen be sent to batel.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
In Context
5And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:8fyue of youre men schulen pursue an hundrid aliens, and an hundrid of you schulen pursue ten thousande; youre enemyes schulen falle bi swerd in youre siyt.
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 →