Numbers 31:4

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You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:8 : 8 Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
  • Judg 7:2 : 2 The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’
  • 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 Jonathan said to his armor bearer,“Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will intervene for us. Nothing can prevent the LORD from delivering, whether by many or by a few.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:5-7
    3 verses
    91%

    5So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

    6Campaign Against the Midianites So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets.

    7They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

  • Num 31:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2“Exact vengeance for the Israelites from the Midianites– after that you will be gathered to your people.”

    3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

  • Num 1:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.

    4And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.

  • Num 31:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war– who went out to battle– and the other for all the community.

    28“You must exact a tribute for the LORD from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep.

  • Judg 20:2
    76%

    2The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

  • Josh 4:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.

    13About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.

  • 1 Chr 5:18
    74%

    18The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war.

  • Num 31:42
    74%

    42From the Israelites’ half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

  • 1 Chr 12:37
    74%

    37From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.

  • Num 13:2
    73%

    2“Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”

  • Judg 20:17
    73%

    17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • Num 1:45-46
    2 verses
    73%

    45All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered according to their families.

    46And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

  • Num 1:28-33
    6 verses
    73%

    28From the descendants of Issachar: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

    29Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

    30From the descendants of Zebulun: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

    31Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

    32From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

    33Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

  • Josh 23:10
    73%

    10One of you makes a thousand run away, for the LORD your God fights for you as he promised you he would.

  • Judg 20:10
    73%

    10We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel(and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.”

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    73%

    5Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20Then Moses replied,“If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the LORD,

    21and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the LORD until he drives out his enemies from his presence

  • Num 2:6
    72%

    6Those numbered in his division are 54,400.

  • Josh 3:12
    72%

    12Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

  • Num 31:36
    72%

    36The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;

  • Num 32:27
    72%

    27but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the LORD’s presence, just as my lord says.”

  • Num 26:2
    71%

    2“Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.”

  • Num 31:40
    71%

    40The people were 16,000, of which the LORD’s tribute was 32 people.

  • Num 1:26
    71%

    26From the descendants of Judah: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

  • Josh 22:14
    71%

    14He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans.

  • Num 2:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Those numbered in his division are 57,400.

    9All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front.

  • Josh 4:4
    71%

    4Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

  • Num 2:28
    71%

    28Those numbered in his division are 41,500.

  • Num 26:4
    71%

    4“Number the people from twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt.”

  • Num 31:32
    71%

    32The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,000 sheep,

  • Num 1:37
    71%

    37Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.

  • Josh 4:2
    71%

    2“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

  • 1 Chr 12:34
    71%

    34From Naphtali there were 1,000 officers, along with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears.

  • Josh 22:12
    71%

    12When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.

  • 1 Chr 12:24
    71%

    24From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.