Tree of Life Version
Numbers 31:4
4Send into the battle 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“Take vengeance on the Midianites for Bnei-Yisrael. Afterward you will be gathered to your people.” 3So Moses spoke to the people saying, “Mobilize some of your men for battle. They will go out against Midian to carry out Adonai’s vengeance on Midian. Send into the battle 1,000 men from each of the tribes of Israel.” 5So from the thousands of Israel 1,000 from each tribe were assigned, 12,000 in all. 6Moses sent them into battle, 1,000 from each tribe, and with them Phinehas son of Eleazar the kohen, who took with him articles from the Sanctuary and trumpets for signaling.
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 100 and 100 of you will chase 10,000, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Judges 7:2But Adonai said to Gideon, “Too many are the people who are with you, for Me to give the Midianites into their hand. Otherwise Israel would glorify itself against Me saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’
- 1 Samuel 14:6Then Jonathan said to the young man carrying his armor, “Come, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised ones. Perhaps Adonai will work for us, for nothing restrains Adonai from delivering whether by many or by 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
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