Mínshùjì 31:5

5 Yúshì cóng Yǐsèliè qiāwàn rén zhōng , mĕi zhīpaì jiāo chū yī qiā rén , gōng yī wàn èr qiā rén , daì zhe bīngqì yùbeì dǎzhàng .

Mínshùjì 31:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:5

So they were delivered out of the thousands of Israel
] Several thousands very probably offered themselves voluntarily to go to the war, or however were summoned together on this account, and out of them the following number was delivered of picked and chosen men:

a thousand [of every] tribe, twelve thousand armed for war;
which was but a small number to go against so considerable a nation and people; but this was done to show that the war was of the Lord, he would fight the battle, and give them victory, it being the same to him to do it with few as with many; and to encourage the people of Israel to believe the Lord would give them success against their many and powerful enemies in the land of Canaan, on the borders of which they now were.

Mínshùjì 31:5 In-Context

3 Móxī fēnfu bǎixìng shuō , yào cóng nǐmen zhōngjiān jiào rén daì bīngqì chū qù gōngjī Mǐdiàn , hǎo zaì Mǐdiàn rénshēn shàng wéi Yēhéhuá bàochóu .

4 Cóng Yǐsèliè zhòng zhīpaì zhōng , mĕi zhīpaì yào dǎfa yī qiā rén qù dǎzhàng .

5 Yúshì cóng Yǐsèliè qiāwàn rén zhōng , mĕi zhīpaì jiāo chū yī qiā rén , gōng yī wàn èr qiā rén , daì zhe bīngqì yùbeì dǎzhàng .

6 Móxī jiù dǎfa mĕi zhīpaì de yī qiā rén qù dǎzhàng , bìng dǎfa jìsī YǐlìYàsā de érzi Fēiníhā tóng qù . Fēiníhā shǒu lǐ ná zhe shèng suǒ de qìmǐn hé chuī dàshēng de haó Tǒng .

7 Tāmen jiù zhào Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu Móxī de , yǔ Mǐdiàn rén dǎzhàng , shā le suǒyǒude nán dīng .