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Numbers 31:4

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.

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, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
KJV
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
WEB
You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
ASV
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
DARBY
Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
BLB
A thousand from a tribe, a thousand from a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel, you⁺ shall send to the war.”
ÅB
tusen av hver stamme, av alle Israels stammer, skal dere sende ut til strid.
OTB
Dere skal sende tusen fra hver stamme av alle Israels stammer til krigen."
B1930
tusen av hver stamme, av alle Israels stammer, skal I sende ut til strid.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 14:6

    And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

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  • Leviticus 26:8

    And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

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  • Judges 7:2

    And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

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