Parallel Verses
King James Version
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
New American Standard Bible
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Holman Bible
“Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,
International Standard Version
"Gather together twelve men from the people one man from 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;
Themes
Jordan, the river » Passage of israel over » Commemorated by a pillar of stones in gilgal
Topics
Interlinear
Laqach
Sh@nayim
'echad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 4:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Israelites Make A Memorial
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 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.
Cross References
Joshua 3:12
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Numbers 1:4-15
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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.
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:
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:
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.