Numbers 31:5
3 So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
4 Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
7 Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
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
- So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
- KJV
- So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- WEB
- So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- ASV
- So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- DARBY
- And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- BLB
- And there were given out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from a tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- ÅB
- Så ble der av Israels tusener tatt ut tusen av hver stamme - tolv tusen, rustet til strid.
- OTB
- Så ble det utvalgt tusen fra hver stamme blant Israels tusener, tolv tusen væpnet til krig.
- B1930
- Så blev der av Israels tusener tatt ut tusen av hver stamme - tolv tusen, rustet til strid.