4Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.


In Context

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.

3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.

4 Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.

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

6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.

Numbers 31:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

31:4Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:4Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:4Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:4a thousand for a tribe — a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel — ye do send to the host.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall you send to the war.