Scripture · Old Testament
Numbers 31:5
Numbers 31:5 is verse 5 of Numbers chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—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.
World English Bible
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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Numbers 31:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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.”
5 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.
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