838 B
838 B
Arm some of your men for war
"Give weapons to some of your men"
go against Midian and carry out Yahweh's vengeance on it
"go fight a war against the Midianites and punish them for what they did to us"
a thousand ... twelve thousand
"1,000 ... 12,000" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
Israel's thousands and thousands of men
"Israel's many men"
one thousand were provided from every tribe for war
This can be stated in active form. AT: "every tribe sent 1,000 men to war" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
twelve thousand men in all
All 12 tribes sent men, including the tribe of Levi. They all sent 1,000 men into battle. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)