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
MidianitesAbel-ShittimTribes of Israel, TheBalaamArmiesMosesDesert, Journey of Israel through theIsrael
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.’
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).