# Arm some of your men for war

"Give weapons to some of your men"

# go against Midian and carry out Yahweh's vengeance on it

"go fight a war against the Midianites and punish them for what they did to us"

# a thousand ... twelve thousand

"1,000 ... 12,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# Israel's thousands and thousands of men

"Israel's many men"

# one thousand were provided from every tribe for war

This can be stated in active form. AT: "every tribe sent 1,000 men to war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# twelve thousand men in all

All 12 tribes sent men, including the tribe of Levi. They all sent 1,000 men into battle. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/avenge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tribe]]