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Wycliffe Bible

Numbers 31:5

And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel;

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.
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 And the Lord spak to Moyses, and seide, 2 Venge thou firste the sones of Israel of Madianytis, and so thou schalt be gaderid to thi puple. 3 And anoon Moises seide, Arme ye men of you to batel, that moun take of Madianytis the veniaunce of the Lord. 4 Of ech lynage be chosun a thousynde men of Israel, that schulen be sent to batel. 5 And of ech lynage thei yauen a thousynde, that is twelue thousynde of men, redi to batel; 6 whiche Moises sente with Fynees, the sone of Eleazar, preest. And he bitook to hem hooli vesselis, and trumpis to make sown.

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Cross-References

Genesis 21:22
In the same tyme Abymelech, and Ficol, prince of his oost, seide to Abraham, God is with thee in alle thingis whiche thou doist;
Genesis 31:2
Also Jacob perseyuede the face of Laban, that it was not ayens hym as yistirdai, and the thridde dai agoon,
Genesis 31:3
moost for the Lord seide to hym, Turne ayen into the lond of thi fadris, and to thi generacioun, and Y shal be with thee.
Genesis 31:13
Y am God of Bethel, where thou anoyntidist a stoon, and madist auow to me. Now therefor rise thou, and go out of this lond, and turne ayen in to the lond of thi birthe.
Genesis 31:42
If God of my fadir Abraham, and the drede of Isaac hadde not helpid me, perauenture now thou haddist left me nakid; the Lord bihelde my turmentyng and the traueyl of myn hondis, and repreuyde thee yistirdai.
Genesis 31:53
God of Abraham, and God of Nachor, God of the fadir of hem, deme bitwixe vs. Therfor Jacob swoor by the drede of his fadir Ysaac;
Genesis 32:9
And Jacob seide, A! God of my fadir Abraham, and God of my fadir Isaac, A! Lord, that seidist to me, Turne thou ayen in to thi lond, and in to the place of thi birthe, and Y schal do wel to thee,
Genesis 48:15
and blesside his sone Joseph, and seide, God, in whos siyt my fadris Abraham and Isaac yeden; God, that fedith me fro my yong wexynge age til in to present day;
Genesis 50:17
bifore that he diede, that we schulden seie to thee these thingis bi hise wordis; Y beseche, that thou foryete the wickidnesse of thi britheren, and the synne, and malice which thei hauntiden ayens thee; also we preien, that thou foryyue this wickidnesse to thi fadir, the seruaunt of God. Whanne these thingis weren herd, Joseph wepte.

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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