Joshua 4:2

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

Take {H3947} you twelve {H8147}{H6240} men {H582} out of the people {H5971}, out of every {H259} tribe {H7626} a man {H376},

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

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 3:12 (6 votes)

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

  • Numbers 34:18 (2 votes)

    And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

  • Numbers 13:2 (2 votes)

    Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

  • 1 Kings 18:31 (2 votes)

    And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

  • Matthew 10:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And when he had called unto [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power [against] unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

  • Matthew 10:5 (2 votes)

    ¶ These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

  • Numbers 1:4 (2 votes)

    And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.