Numbers 31:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Numbers 31:4 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“a thousand for a tribe--a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel--ye do send to the host.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 31:4 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.’
- 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 or by few.”
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