Joshua 4:2
1 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
3 and 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.’”
4 So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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,
- DARBY
- Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,
- BLB
- “Take for yourselves from the people twelve men—one man—one man from a tribe.
- ÅB
- Velg ut tolv menn av folket, én mann av hver stamme,
- OTB
- "Velg ut tolv menn blant folket, én mann fra hver stamme,
- B1930
- Velg ut tolv menn av folket, én mann av hver stamme,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 3:12
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
Read in contextNumbers 34:18
Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
Read in contextNumbers 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.”
Read in context1 Kings 18:31
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.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:23
The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
Read in contextNumbers 1:4–15
And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
Read in contextMatthew 10:1–5
And 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.
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