Twelve Stones from the Jordan
Joshua 4:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
- KJV
- Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
- WEB
- “Take twelve men out of the people, a man out of every tribe,
- ASV
- Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
- LSV
- “Take for yourselves twelve men out of the people, one man—one man out of a tribe;
- YLT
- 'Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man — one man out of a tribe;
- DBY
- Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,
- DRC
- Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:
- GNV
- Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,
- JPS
- 'Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
- LXXE
- Take men from the people, one of each tribe,
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ מִן־הָעָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר אֲנָשִׁ֑ים אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃
- LXX-Br
- ταραλαβὼν ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ, ἕνα ἀφʼ ἑκάστης φυλῆς,
Who and where
◆ War with Canaanites
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Cross-references most cited first
- Joshua 3:12Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
- Numbers 34:18Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
- Numbers 13:2“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 1:4–15And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you. These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; from Simeon, Shelumiel son of…
- 1 Kings 18:31And 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.”
- Matthew 10:1–5And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon,…
- Deuteronomy 1:23The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
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