Numbers 31:5
World English Bible (WEB)
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
In context
3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.
4 You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
5 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6 Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
7 They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.
Numbers 31:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- KJV King James Version
- So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.