Numbers 31:5

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel— twelve thousand armed for war.

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

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וַיִּמָּסְרוּ vai·yi·ma·se·ru and they were selected H4560 מֵאַלְפֵי me·'al·fei from [the] thousands of H505 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 אֶלֶף 'e·lef one thousand H505 לַמַּטֶּה la·ma·teh to the tribe H4294 שְׁנֵים־ she·neim- two [plus] H8147 עָשָׂר 'a·sar ten H6240 אֶלֶף 'e·lef thousand H505 חֲלוּצֵי cha·lu·tzei armed [men] of H2502 צָבָא tza·va' war H6635

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

All who, without commission from God, dare to execute private revenge, and who, from ambition, covetousness, or resentment, wage war and desolate kingdoms, must one day answer for it. But if God, instead of sending an earthquake, a pestilence, or a famine, be pleased to authorize and command any people to avenge his cause, such a commission surely is just and right. The Israelites could show such a commission, though no persons now can do so. Their wars were begun and carried on expressly by Divine direction, and they were enabled to conquer by miracles. Unless it can be proved that the wicked Canaanites did not deserve their doom, objectors only prove their dislike to God, and their love to his enemies. Man makes light of the evil of sin, but God abhors it. This explains the terrible executions of the nations which had filled the measure of their sins.

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