Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

"Gather together twelve men from the people one man from each tribe

New American Standard Bible

Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

“Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

“Take for yourselves the twelve men [chosen] from among the people, one man from each tribe,

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Take to you from the people twelve men, one man, one man from a tribe;

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Take twelve men from the people, {one man from each tribe},

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

"Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Take unto you, from among the people, twelve men, one man severally from each tribe;

Webster

Take you twelve men from the people, from every tribe a man,

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man -- one man out of a tribe;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

men
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

out of the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

out of every
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

Context Readings

The Israelites Make A Memorial

1 As soon as the entire nation had completed its crossing of the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua. He said, 2 "Gather together twelve men from the people one man from each tribe 3 and tell them, "Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests' feet were standing, bring them along with you, and put them down where you camp tonight.'"


Cross References

Joshua 3:12

So take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.

Numbers 1:4-15

One man from each tribe is to accompany you, each man being the leader of his ancestral house.

Numbers 13:2

"Send men to explore the land of Canaan that I'm about to give to the Israelis. Send one man to represent each of his ancestor's tribes, every one of them a distinguished leader among them."

Numbers 34:18

You are to appoint a leader from each tribe to divide the land for inheritance.

Deuteronomy 1:23

Because this suggestion seemed good to me, I chose twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

1 Kings 18:31

Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes of Jacob's descendants, to whom the message from the LORD had come that "Israel is to be your name."

Matthew 10:1-5

Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.

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