Numbers 31:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.

וַיִּמּֽ͏ָסְרוּ֙ מֵאַלְפֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף חֲלוּצֵ֥י צָבָֽא׃