Números 31:5

5 Doze mil homens armados para a guerra, mil de cada tribo, foram mandados pelos clãs de Israel.

Números 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.

Números 31:5 In-Context

3 Então Moisés disse ao povo: “Armem alguns dos homens para irem à guerra contra os midianitas e executarem a vingança do SENHOR contra eles.

4 Enviem à batalha mil homens de cada tribo de Israel”.

5 Doze mil homens armados para a guerra, mil de cada tribo, foram mandados pelos clãs de Israel.

6 Moisés os enviou à guerra, mil de cada tribo, juntamente com Fineias, filho do sacerdote Eleazar, que levou consigo objetos do santuário e as cornetas para o toque de guerra.

7 Lutaram então contra Midiã, conforme o SENHOR tinha ordenado a Moisés, e mataram todos os homens.