The Meaning of Numbers 31:4 Explained

Numbers 31:4

KJV: Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

YLT: a thousand for a tribe -- a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel -- ye do send to the host.'

Darby: Of every tribe a thousand, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

ASV: Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 31:4?

MEANING: What does Numbers 31:4 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 31:4 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 31:4?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of every tribe  a thousand,  throughout all the tribes  of Israel,  shall ye send  to the war. 

What does Numbers 31:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 31:1-20 - The Destruction Of The Midianites
In reading such a chapter as this we must remember that the Bible is the history of the slow advance of a nation toward the knowledge of God, and its preparation to become one of the greatest of spiritual forces. That process could only be a prolonged one. Only by slow degrees could the grossness of the period be eliminated. Our Lord distinctly said that certain things were allowed for a time because of the hardness of their hearts. See Matthew 19:8. Many times He made the clear distinction between what "they of old" had said and what He said. See Matthew 5:21; Matthew 5:27; Matthew 5:33; Matthew 5:38; Matthew 5:43. The highest law for dealing with our enemies is found in his teachings.
The first steps of purification had to do with the women who might introduce heathen vices into Israelite homes, and the leisurely dealing with spoils and captives, so that passion might have time to cool. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 31

1  The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain
13  Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive
19  How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified
25  The proportion in which the prey is to be divided
48  The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 31:4 mean?

A thousand from a tribe of a tribe all the tribes of Israel shall you send to the war
אֶ֚לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֔ה לַמַּטֶּ֑ה לְכֹל֙ מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ לַצָּבָֽא

אֶ֚לֶף  A  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
לַמַּטֶּ֔ה  from  a  tribe 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
לַמַּטֶּ֑ה  of  a  tribe 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
מַטּ֣וֹת  the  tribes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ  shall  you  send 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
לַצָּבָֽא  to  the  war 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.

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