Joshua 4:2 ““Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,”

Joshua 4:2

“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

World English Bible

“Take twelve men out of the people, a man out of every tribe,

American Standard Version

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Geneva Bible 1599

Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

Darby Translation

Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,

Young's Literal Translation

'Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man — one man out of a tribe;

Bible in Basic English

Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

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Cross references

“twelve men”

Joshua 3:12 Numbers 1:4–15 Numbers 13:2 Numbers 34:18 Deuteronomy 1:23 1 Kings 18:31

Joshua 3:12 · BSB

Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

Numbers 1:4–15 · BSB

And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

Numbers 13:2 · BSB

“Send out for yourself men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each of their fathers’ tribes send one man who is a leader among them.”

Numbers 34:18 · BSB

Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.

Deuteronomy 1:23 · BSB

The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

1 Kings 18:31 · BSB

And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

3and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

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