King James Version (KJV)
Numbers 31:5
“So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.”
Verse 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.
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Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
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So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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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.
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And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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