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New Living Translation

Numbers 31:5

So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed 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.
Good News Translation
So a thousand men were chosen from each tribe, a total of twelve thousand men ready for battle.
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 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 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 "On behalf of the people of Israel, take revenge on the Midianites for leading them into idolatry. After that, you will die and join your ancestors." 3 So Moses said to the people, "Choose some men, and arm them to fight the Lord 's war of revenge against Midian. 4 From each tribe of Israel, send 1,000 men into battle." 5 So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle. 6 Then Moses sent them out, 1,000 men from each tribe, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest led them into battle. They carried along the holy objects of the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the charge.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 21:22
About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do," Abimelech said.
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban's attitude toward him.
Genesis 31:3
Then the Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relatives there, and I will be with you."
Genesis 31:13
I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, the place where you anointed the pillar of stone and made your vow to me. Now get ready and leave this country and return to the land of your birth.'"
Genesis 31:42
In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!"
Genesis 31:53
I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us." So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.
Genesis 32:9
Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my grandfather Abraham, and God of my father, Isaac—O Lord , you told me, ‘Return to your own land and to your relatives.' And you promised me, ‘I will treat you kindly.'
Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham and my father, Isaac, walked— the God who has been my shepherd all my life, to this very day,
Genesis 50:17
to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.' So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin." When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.

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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