Numbers 31:4

Numbers 31:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
• New International Version (NIV)Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war."
• New King James Version (NKJV)A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”

Context of Numbers 31:4

2‘You must punish the Midianites because they caused the Israelites to worship idols. After you have done that, you will die.’ 3Moses said to the people, ‘Choose some men to go and fight against the Midianites. Give them weapons to punish the Midianites as the Lord wants. Choose 1,000 men from each Israelite tribe to go and fight.’ 5They did that. There were 12,000 men ready with weapons to fight the battle. 6Moses sent those men out to fight. There were 1,000 men from each tribe. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, went with them. Phinehas took with him the special things from God's Holy Tent. He also took the trumpets to make sounds for the battle.

Numbers 31:4 word by word

אֶ֚לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה לְכֹל֙ מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ לַצָּבָֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Of every tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall ye sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to the warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: warH6635

Cross-references for Numbers 31:4

• Leviticus 26:8Five of you will run after 100 of them. And 100 of you will run after 1,000 enemies. You will kill all your enemies.
• Judges 7:2The Lord said to Gideon, ‘You have too many men in your army. When I put the Midianites under your power, your soldiers may boast about their own strength. They may say that they have won the battle themselves.
• 1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armour, ‘Now we will go to the camp of those foreign people. Perhaps the Lord will help us to win the fight. He can win a battle whether there are many soldiers or only a few.’

Commentaries on Numbers 31:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5Each tribe sent 1,000 men to the battle. This allowed everyone to gain combat experience and share the victory.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-541-2. the Lord spake unto Moses, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites--a semi-nomad people, descended from Abraham and Keturah, occupying a tract of country east and southeast of Moab, which lay on the eastern coast of the Dead Sea. They seem to have been the principal instigators of the infamous scheme of seduction, planned to entrap the Israelites into the double crime of idolatry and licentiousness [Nu 25:1-3, 17, 18] by which, it was hoped…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Numbers 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings