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Read Full Chapter (Numbers 31) Numbers 31:4 KJV
"Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war."
Numbers 31:4 in Context (Verses 1–7 KJV)
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
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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.