Send 1,000 men to war from each Israelite tribe.”
Five of you will pursue 100, and 100 of you will pursue 10,000; your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
So Moses spoke to the people, “Equip some of your men for war. They will go against Midian to inflict the Lord’s vengeance on them.
So 1,000 were recruited from each Israelite tribe out of the thousands in Israel — 12,000 equipped for war.
The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to hand the Midianites over to you, or else Israel might brag: ‘I did it myself.’
Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”