Joshua 3:12
What does Joshua 3:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 3:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man--one man for a tribe;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Context
v.11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan.
v.12This passage
v.13And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 4:9
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
- Joshua 4:2
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
- 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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