Numbers 31:5

So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

In Context

4A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

6And Moses sent them to the warre, euen a thousand of euery tribe, and sent them with Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest to the warre: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.

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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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