Numbers 31:5 So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.

English Standard Version
So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

New American Standard Bible
So there were furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So 1,000 were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel--12,000 equipped for war.

International Standard Version
So 1,000 men from every tribe—12,000 from the thousands of Israel—were mustered and equipped for war.

American Standard Version
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every 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.

Darby Bible Translation
And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, 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;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

31:1-6 All who, without commission from God, dare to execute private revenge, and who, from ambition, covetousness, or resentment, wage war and desolate kingdoms, must one day answer for it. But if God, instead of sending an earthquake, a pestilence, or a famine, be pleased to authorize and command any people to avenge his cause, such a commission surely is just and right. The Israelites could show such a commission, though no persons now can do so. Their wars were begun and carried on expressly by Divine direction, and they were enabled to conquer by miracles. Unless it can be proved that the wicked Canaanites did not deserve their doom, objectors only prove their dislike to God, and their love to his enemies. Man makes light of the evil of sin, but God abhors it. This explains the terrible executions of the nations which had filled the measure of their sins.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. there were delivered—that is, drafted, chosen, an equal amount from each tribe, to prevent the outbreak of mutual jealousy or strife. Considering the numerical force of the enemy, this was a small quota to furnish. But the design was to exercise their faith and animate them to the approaching invasion of Canaan.