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


In Context

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.

7 And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.

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 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;

The American 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.