5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.


In Context

2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shall you be gathered to your people.

3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves to the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall you send to the war.

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

6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

Numbers 31:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:5And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:5And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;