Numbers 31:5

KJV

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

— Numbers 31:5, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Numbers Chapter 31 connects to 0 cross-references. Moses sends 12,000 warriors to fight Midian in vengeance for the Baal Peor incident; all five Midianite kings and Balaam are killed. Moses is angry that the officers spared the women who caused Israel to sin; he commands the killing …

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Other Translations

ASV

So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

YLT

And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;

BBE

So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.