Joshua 4:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,”
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BSBPD
““Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man--one man out of a tribe;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Joshua 4:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 1:4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
- Numbers 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.”
- Numbers 34:18Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
- Deuteronomy 1:23The plan seemed good to me, so I selected twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
- Joshua 3:12Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
- 1 Kings 18:31And 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.”
- Matthew 10:1And 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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