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Vengeance on Midian

Numbers 31:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
KJV
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.Of…: Heb. A thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe
WEB
You shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
ASV
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
LSV
one thousand for a tribe—you send one thousand for a tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
YLT
a thousand for a tribe — a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel — ye do send to the host.'
DBY
Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
DRC
Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.
GNV
A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.
JPS
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.'
LXXE
Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֶ֚לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה לְכֹל֙ מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ לַצָּבָֽא׃
LXX-Br
Χιλίους ἐκ φυλῆς, χιλίους ἐκ φυλῆς, ἐκ πασῶν φυλῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ἀποστείλατε παρατάξασθαι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many…
  • Leviticus 26:8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
  • Judges 7:2Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

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