"Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man," — Joshua 4:2

Joshua 4:2 · KJV

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

— Joshua 4:2

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Joshua 4 — Context

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

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

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

Cross References

Joshua 3:12

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

Numbers 34:18

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

Deuteronomy 1:23

And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

Numbers 13:2

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.

Matthew 10:1-5

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. {against: or, over}

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 the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

Numbers 1:4-15

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