Numbers 31:5 meaning and explanation
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
Numbers 31:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The Lord had commanded Moses to take vengeance on Midian because of the Baal of Peor incident, and Moses mustered an army for that task. This verse reports the response: a thousand men from each of the twelve tribes, twelve thousand in all, were raised and equipped for battle.
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