Joshua 4:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Josh 3:12 : 12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.
  • 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:
  • Matt 10:1-5 : 1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain. 2 Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,
  • Num 1:4-9 : 4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house. 5 These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur; 6 From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai; 7 From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab; 8 From Issachar, Nethanel, the son of Zuar; 9 From Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon; 10 Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, 11 From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni; 12 From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai; 13 From Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ochran; 14 From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel; 15 From Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.
  • Num 13:2 : 2 Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.
  • Num 34:18 : 18 And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.
  • Deut 1:23 : 23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 4:3-10
    8 verses
    93%

    3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.

    4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

    5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

    6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

    8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

    9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

    10 For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

  • Josh 3:11-12
    2 verses
    91%

    11 See, the ark of the agreement of the Lord of all the earth is going over before you into Jordan.

    12 So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.

  • Josh 18:4
    80%

    4 Take from among you three men from every tribe; and I will send them to go through the land and make a record of it for distribution as their heritage; then let them come back to me.

  • Josh 4:1
    78%

    1 Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

  • Num 34:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

    18 And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.

  • Josh 1:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10 Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

    11 Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    12 And to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

  • Deut 1:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22 And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

    23 And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

  • Num 13:2
    76%

    2 Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.

  • Josh 22:1
    75%

    1 Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

  • Num 1:4
    75%

    4 And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.

  • Josh 7:16
    73%

    16 So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;

  • Josh 4:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20 And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

    21 And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

    22 Then give your children the story, and say, Israel came over this river Jordan on dry land.

  • Num 26:4
    72%

    4 Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt.

  • Josh 4:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15 Then the Lord said to Joshua,

    16 Give orders to the priests who take up the ark of witness, to come up out of Jordan.

    17 So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.

  • Josh 18:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord in Shiloh.

    9 So the men went, travelling through the land, and made a record of it by towns in seven parts in a book, and came back to Joshua to the tent-circle at Shiloh.

  • Num 31:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.

    5 So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

  • Josh 7:14
    72%

    14 So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.

  • Josh 3:6
    72%

    6 Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

  • Josh 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:

    13 About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.

  • Josh 6:7
    72%

    7 And he said to the people, Go forward, circling the town, and let the armed men go before the ark of the Lord.

  • Josh 3:8
    72%

    8 And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.

  • Num 32:28
    71%

    28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.

  • Deut 1:13
    71%

    13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

  • Num 27:18
    71%

    18 And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;

  • Num 1:44
    70%

    44 These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.

  • Deut 1:15
    70%

    15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

  • Josh 3:14
    70%

    14 So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

  • Deut 27:2
    70%

    2 And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,