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Vengeance on Midian

Numbers 31:5

In 11 translations

BSB
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
KJV
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
WEB
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
ASV
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
LSV
And there are given out of the thousands of Israel one thousand for a tribe—twelve thousand armed ones [for] war;
YLT
And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;
DBY
And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
DRC
And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.
GNV
So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.
JPS
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
LXXE
And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of each tribe, twelve thousands; these were armed for war.

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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
וַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙ מֵאַלְפֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף חֲלוּצֵ֥י צָבָֽא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐξηρίθμησαν ἐκ τῶν χιλιάδων Ἰσραὴλ χιλίους ἐκ φυλῆς, δώδεκα χιλιάδας ἐνωπλισμένοι εἰς παράταξιν.

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