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Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 3:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
KJV
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
WEB
Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
ASV
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
LSV
and now, take for yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man—one man for a tribe;
YLT
and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man — one man for a tribe;
DBY
And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
DRC
Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.
GNV
Nowe therefore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.
JPS
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
LXXE
Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְעַתָּ֗ה קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ שְׁנֵ֣י עָשָׂ֣ר אִ֔ישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃
LXX-Br
Προχειρίσασθε ὑμῖν δώδεκα ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ἕνα ἀφʼ ἑκάστης φυλῆς.

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◆ Crossing the Jordan into Canaan

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 4:2“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
  • Joshua 4:4So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
  • Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

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