Numbers 31:5

Vengeance on Midian · Numbers 31:1–24

Modern

So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.

Traditional

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Literal

And there were given out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from a tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Latin

Dederuntque millenos de singulis tribubus, id est, duodecim millia expeditorum ad pugnam:

Hebrew

English

So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.

Each tribe sent 1,000 men to the battle. This allowed everyone to gain combat experience and share the victory.

Theme notes and profiles

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes