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Joshua 3:12

10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;

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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.
DARBY
And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
BLB
And now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel—one man—one man for a tribe.
ÅB
Så velg nå ut tolv menn av Israels stammer, én mann for hver stamme!
OTB
Velg nå ut tolv menn fra Israels stammer, én mann fra hver stamme.
B1930
Så velg nu ut tolv menn av Israels stammer, én mann for hver stamme!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Joshua 4:2

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

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  • Joshua 4:4

    Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

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  • Joshua 4:9

    And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

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