MANNAFEST

And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

KJV

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ASV

And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

WEB

The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.

YLT

And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.

DBT

And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

About this book

Old Testament

JudgesThe post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Author
Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date
Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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