3So Moses said to the people, "Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites and to carry out the Lord 's vengeance on them.


In Context

1 The Lord said to Moses,

2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people."

3 So Moses said to the people, "Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites and to carry out the Lord 's vengeance on them.

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

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

Numbers 31:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

31:3And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

31:3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm from amongst you men for military service, that they go against Midian to execute Jehovah's vengeance upon Midian.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

31:3And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD on Midian.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3Moses spoke to the people, saying, |Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

31:3And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, 'Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

31:3And 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.