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 shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD'S vengeance on Midian.

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye 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, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

7 And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.

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 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.