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


In Context

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.

6 Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

7 They fought against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and killed every man.

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 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;

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.