Numbers 31 · Verse 4

Numbers 31:4

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
Numbers 31:4, King James Version

Numbers 31:4 in other translations

BSBSend into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
WEBYou shall send one thousand out of every tribe, throughout all the tribes of Israel, to the war.”
ASVOf every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
YLTa thousand for a tribe--a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel--ye do send to the host.'
DARBYOf every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
BBEFrom every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.
WebsterOf every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

What does Numbers 31:4 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:1-6

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…

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Numbers 31:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֶ֚לֶף'E.lefone thousandH505
לַמַּטֶּ֔הla.ma.Tehto the tribeH4294
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefone thousandH505
לַמַּטֶּ֑הla.ma.Tehto the tribeH4294
לְכֹל֙le.Kholfor allH3605
מַטּ֣וֹתma.Tot[the] tribes ofH4294
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
תִּשְׁלְח֖וּtish.le.Chuyou will send outH7971
לַצָּבָֽא\׃la.tza.Va'to <the> warH6635

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 31:4

  • 1 Samuel 14:6

    And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.

  • Leviticus 26:8

    And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

  • Judges 7:2

    And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Of every tribe a thousand. Heb. A thousand of a tribe, athousand of a tribe. a thousand.
Le 26:8; Jud 7:2; 1Sa 14:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

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.

  • Numbers 31:4

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

  • 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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Numbers 31:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mil de cada tribu de todas las tribus de los hijos de Israel, enviaréis á la guerra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Vous enverrez à l’armée 1 000 hommes par tribu, de toutes les tribus d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Je tausend vom Stamme, von allen Stämmen Israels, sollt ihr zum Heere absenden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mille viri de singulis tribubus eligantur ex Israël qui mittantur ad bellum.