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Good News Translation

Numbers 31:5

So a thousand men were chosen from each tribe, a total of twelve thousand men ready for battle.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Midianites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Midian;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Midian;   Moab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Arm;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Midian, Midianites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Shittim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafṭarah;   Midian and Midianites;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Yisra'el, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
King James Version
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Lexham English Bible
So theywere assigned from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand equipped for battle.
English Standard Version
So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
New Century Version
So twelve thousand men got ready for war, a thousand men from each tribe.
New English Translation
So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.
Amplified Bible
So out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe were selected, twelve thousand armed for war.
New American Standard Bible
So there were selected from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.
Legacy Standard Bible
So there were furnished from the thousands of Israel, one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Contemporary English Version
Twelve thousand men were picked from the tribes of Israel, and after they were prepared for battle,
Complete Jewish Bible
So out of the thousands of people in Isra'el, a thousand armed men from each tribe, 12,000 altogether, were mustered for war.
Darby Translation
And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Easy-to-Read Version
There will be a total of 12,000 soldiers from the tribes of Israel."
George Lamsa Translation
So there were selected out of the tribes of Israel a thousand men from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Christian Standard Bible®
So one thousand were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel—twelve thousand equipped for war.
Literal Translation
And a thousand for a tribe were given out of the thousands of Israel, twelve thousand armed ones of the army.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And from amonge the thousandes of Israel they toke one thousande out of euery tribe, euen twolue thousande prepared vnto the battayll.
American Standard Version
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Bible in Basic English
So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there were deliuered out of the thousandes of Israel, twelue thousand prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
King James Version (1611)
So there were deliuered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of euery tribe, twelue thousand armed for warre.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of each tribe, twelve thousands; these were armed for war.
English Revised Version
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Berean Standard Bible
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel-twelve thousand armed for war.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel;
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;
Update Bible Version
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
Webster's Bible Translation
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
World English Bible
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
New King James Version
So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
New Living Translation
So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle.
New Life Bible
So 1,000 men came from each of the family groups of the thousands of Israel. There were 12,000 ready for war.
New Revised Standard
So out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe were conscripted, twelve thousand armed for battle.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there volunteered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of each tribe, - twelve thousand, armed for war.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.
Revised Standard Version
So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
THE MESSAGE
A fighting force of a thousand from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand in all—was recruited. Moses sent them off to war, a thousand from each tribe, and also Phinehas son of Eleazar, who went as priest to the army, in charge of holy vessels and the signaling bugles.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So there were furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "Punish the Midianites for what they did to the people of Israel. After you have done that, you will die." 3 So Moses said to the people, "Get ready for war, so that you can attack Midian and punish them for what they did to the Lord . 4 From each tribe of Israel send a thousand men to war." 5 So a thousand men were chosen from each tribe, a total of twelve thousand men ready for battle. 6 Moses sent them to war under the command of Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took charge of the sacred objects and the trumpets for giving signals.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 21:22
At that time Abimelech went with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 31:2
He also saw that Laban was no longer as friendly as he had been earlier.
Genesis 31:3
Then the Lord said to him, "Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you."
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you dedicated a stone as a memorial by pouring olive oil on it and where you made a vow to me. Now get ready and go back to the land where you were born.'"
Genesis 31:42
If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment."
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor will judge between us." Then, in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped, Jacob solemnly vowed to keep this promise.
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob prayed, "God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, hear me! You told me, Lord , to go back to my land and to my relatives, and you would make everything go well for me.
Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!
Genesis 50:17
he told us to ask you, ‘Please forgive the crime your brothers committed when they wronged you.' Now please forgive us the wrong that we, the servants of your father's God, have done." Joseph cried when he received this message.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So they were delivered out of the thousands of Israel,....] Several thousands very probably offered themselves voluntarily to go to the war, or however were summoned together on this account, and out of them the following number was delivered of picked and chosen men:

a thousand [of every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war; which was but a small number to go against so considerable a nation and people; but this was done to show that the war was of the Lord, he would fight the battle, and give them victory, it being the same to him to do it with few as with many; and to encourage the people of Israel to believe the Lord would give them success against their many and powerful enemies in the land of Canaan, on the borders of which they now were.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Were delivered - Or, “were told off.”


 
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