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Numbers 31:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 31:5

Verse 5 of 54

Scripture focus

So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of [every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

Numbers 31:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 31:5

Theological / Devotional

Twelve thousand. Compare Judges 21:10, where the same number was sent against Jabesh-gilead. The idea conveyed in v. 5 is that the young men were levied. The number seems small in comparison with the Midianites, who had five kings with their armed forces.

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