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Numbers 31:5
And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.
Numbers 31:5 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Numbers 31:5 in other translations
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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In context
2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.
4 Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.
5 And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.
6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.
7 And when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.
8 And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beor they killed with the sword.
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