The Armies of Israel: Men Selected From, for Difficult Enterprises
Source: TTT
Exodus 17:9
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
Numbers 31:5, 6
So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war. / And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
Joshua 7:4
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
Joshua 8:3
So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
Judges 7:5, 6
So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.” / And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
2 Samuel 17:1
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.