Joshua 4:2
Joshua chapter 4 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
Context
v.1And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying,
v.2This passage
v.3and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 10:1
And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
- Numbers 1:4
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house.
- 1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
- Numbers 34:18
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
- Joshua 3:12
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
- Numbers 13:2
Send thou men, that they may spy out 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 prince among them.