Bible in Basic English
"So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them."
— Numbers 31:3, Bible in Basic English
“And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.”
“And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah’s vengeance on Midian. ”
“Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.”
“So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.”
“And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.”
“And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.”
Then the Lord said to Moses,
Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.
So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.
From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.
So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.
And Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from every tribe, and with them Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, taking in his hands the vessels of the holy place and the horns for sounding the note of war.