Numbers 31:4

New International Version

Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”

Judges 7:2

The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’

Leviticus 26:8

Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

Numbers 31:3

So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the Lord’s vengeance on them.

Numbers 31:5

So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.