Numbers 31:4
Of every tribe a thousand , throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Of every tribe a thousand,.... So that the whole number of those that were armed were 12,000 as after given:
throughout all the tribes of Israel; this is observed, as Jarchi thinks, to comprehend…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The selection of 1,000 soldiers from each tribe is purely artificial. The larger ones could send a much greater number.