Numbers 31:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.”

Numbers 31:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 31:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 31:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.”

Numbers 31:5 — World English Bible

Numbers 31:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. ”

Numbers 31:5 — American Standard Version

Numbers 31:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host;”

Numbers 31:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 31:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand by tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. ”

Numbers 31:5 — Darby Translation

Numbers 31:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.”

Numbers 31:5 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 31:5 in Context — Numbers 31

3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

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What Does Numbers 31:5 Mean?

Numbers 31:5 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 31. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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