God’s Word Translation
Numbers 31:4
4Send 1,000 men from each of the tribes of Israel.”
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“Get even with the Midianites for what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your ancestors ⌞in death⌟.” 3Moses said to the people, “Some of your men must get ready to go to war against the Midianites. The Lord will use them to get even with Midian. Send 1,000 men from each of the tribes of Israel.” 5So 1,000 men from each tribe were supplied from the divisions of Israel—12,000 men ready for war. 6Then Moses sent them off to war, 1,000 men from each tribe along with Phinehas, son of the priest Eleazar. Phinehas took with him the holy articles and the trumpets for the fanfare.
Read all of Numbers 31Numbers 31:4 word by word
אֶ֚לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה לְכֹל֙ מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ לַצָּבָֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 31:4
- Leviticus 26:8Five of you will chase a hundred of them, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand of them. You will defeat your enemies,
- Judges 7:2The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men with you for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag and say, ‘We saved ourselves.’
- 1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to his armorbearer, “Let’s go to the military post of these uncircumcised people. Maybe the Lord will act on our behalf. The Lord can win a victory with a few men as well as with many.”
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
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