Numbers 31:4
ContextNET © | You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.” 1 |
NIV © | Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel." |
NASB © | "A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war." |
NLT © | From each tribe of Israel, send one thousand men into battle." |
MSG © | a thousand from each tribe of Israel to go to war." |
BBE © | From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war. |
NRSV © | You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war." |
NKJV © | "A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war." |
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NET © | You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.” 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Some commentators argue that given the size of the nation (which they reject) the small number for the army is a sign of the unrealistic character of the story. The number is a round number, but it is also a holy war, and God would give them the victory. They are beginning to learn here, and at Jericho, and later against these Midianites under Gideon, that God does not want or need a large army in order to obtain victory. |