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Selected Verse: Judges 21:10 - King James

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Jud 21:10 King James And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And the congregation sent 12,000 men - A thousand from each tribe; they followed the precedent of Num 31:4.
 
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4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.