Numbers 31:4

New International Reader's Version

Send 1,000 men from each of the tribes of Israel into battle.”

Cross References

Leviticus 26:8

Five of you will chase 100. And 100 of you will chase 10,000. You will kill your enemies with your swords.

Numbers 31:3

So Moses said to the people, “Prepare some of your men for battle. They must go to war against Midian. They will carry out the Lord’s plan to punish Midian.

Numbers 31:5

So Moses prepared 12,000 men for battle. There were 1,000 from each tribe. They came from the families of Israel.

Judges 7:2

The Lord said to Gideon, “I want to hand Midian over to you. But you have too many men for me to do that. Then Israel might brag, ‘My own strength has saved me.’

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan spoke to the young man carrying his armor. He said, “Come on. Let’s go over to the camp of those fellows who aren’t circumcised. Perhaps the Lord will help us. If he does, it won’t matter how many or how few of us there are. That won’t keep the Lord from saving us.”