Joshua 4:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

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  • Josh 3:12 : 12 Nowe therefore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.
  • 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, Israel shalbe thy name)
  • Matt 10:1-5 : 1 And hee called his twelue disciples vnto him, and gaue them power against vncleane spirits, to cast them out, and to heale euery sickenesse, and euery disease. 2 Nowe the names of the twelue Apostles are these. The first is Simon, called Peter, and Andrewe his brother: Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother. 3 Philippe and Bartlemewe: Thomas, and Matthewe that Publicane: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus: 4 Simon the Cananite, and Iudas Iscariot, who also betraied him. 5 These twelue did Iesus send forth, & commaunded them, saying, Goe not into the way of of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter yee not:
  • Num 1:4-9 : 4 And with you shalbe men of euery tribe, such as are the heads of the house of their fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you, of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, the sonne of Shedeur: 6 Of Simeon, Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai: 7 Of Iudah, Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab: 8 Of Issachar, Nethaneel, the sonne of Zuar: 9 Of Zebulun, Eliab, the sonne of Helon: 10 Of the children of Ioseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the sonne of Ammihud: of Manasseh, Gamliel, the sonne of Pedahzur: 11 Of Beiamin, Abida the sonne of Gideoni: 12 Of Dan, Ahiezer, the sonne of Ammishaddai: 13 Of Asher, Pagiel, the sonne of Ocran: 14 Of Gad, Eliasaph, the sonne of Deuel: 15 Of Naphtali, Ahira the sonne of Enan.
  • Num 13:2 : 2 (13:3) Sende thou men out to search the lande of Canaan which I giue vnto the children of Israel: of euery tribe of their fathers shall ye sende a man, such as are all rulers among them.
  • Num 34:18 : 18 And ye shall take also a prince of euerie tribe to deuide the land.
  • Deut 1:23 : 23 So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 4:3-10
    8 verses
    93%

    3And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middes of Iorden, out of the place where the Priestes stoode in a readinesse, twelue stones, which ye shall take away with you, and leaue them in the lodging where you shall lodge this night)

    4Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whome he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man,

    5And Ioshua said vnto them, Go ouer before the Arke of the Lorde your God, euen through the middes of Iorden, and take vp euery man of you a stone vpon his shoulder acccording vnto the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel,

    6That this may bee a signe among you, that whe your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?

    7Then ye may answere them, That the waters of Iorden were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Iorden, the waters of Iorden were cut off: therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.

    8Then ye children of Israel did euen so as Ioshua had commanded, & tooke vp twelue stones out of the mids of Iorden as ye Lord had said vnto Ioshua, according to the nomber of the tribes of the children of Israel, & caried them away with them vnto the lodging, & layd them down there.

    9And Ioshua set vp twelue stones in the middes of Iorden, in the place where the feete of the Priests, which bare the Arke of the couenant stood, & there haue they cotinued vnto this day.

    10So the Priests, which bare ye Arke, stoode in the middes of Iorden, vntill euery thing was finished that ye Lorde had comanded Ioshua to say vnto the people, according to all that Moses charged Ioshua: then the people hasted & went ouer.

  • Josh 3:11-12
    2 verses
    91%

    11Beholde, the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde of all the worlde passeth before you into Iorden.

    12Nowe therefore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.

  • Josh 18:4
    80%

    4Giue from among you for euery tribe three men, that I may sende them, and that they may rise, and walke through the land, and distribute it according to their inheritance, & returne to me.

  • Josh 4:1
    78%

    1And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,

  • Num 34:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17These are the names of the men which shall deuide ye land vnto you: Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

    18And ye shall take also a prince of euerie tribe to deuide the land.

  • Josh 1:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10Then Ioshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

    11Passe through the hoste, and commande the people, saying, Prepare you vitailes: for after three dayes ye shall passe ouer this Iorden, to goe in to possesse the lande, which the Lord your God giueth you to possesse it.

    12And vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to halfe the tribe of Manasseh spake Ioshua, saying,

  • Deut 1:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Then ye came vnto me euery one, and said, We wil send men before vs, to search vs out the land & to bring vs word againe, what way we must go vp by, & vnto what cities we shall come.

    23So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.

  • Num 13:2
    76%

    2(13:3) Sende thou men out to search the lande of Canaan which I giue vnto the children of Israel: of euery tribe of their fathers shall ye sende a man, such as are all rulers among them.

  • Josh 22:1
    75%

    1Then Ioshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh,

  • Num 1:4
    75%

    4And with you shalbe men of euery tribe, such as are the heads of the house of their fathers.

  • Josh 7:16
    73%

    16So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Iudah was taken.

  • Josh 4:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20Also the twelue stones, which they tooke out of Iorden, did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal.

    21And he spake vnto ye childre of Israel, saying, When your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, & say, What meane these stones?

    22Then ye shall shew your children, and say, Israel came ouer this Iorden on dry land:

  • Num 26:4
    72%

    4From twentie yeere olde and aboue ye shall nomber the people, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and the childre of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Josh 4:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15And the Lord spake vnto Ioshua, saying,

    16Commande the Priests that beare ye Arke of the testimonie, to come vp out of Iorden.

    17Ioshua therefore commanded the Priests, saying, Come ye vp out of Iorden.

  • Josh 18:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Then the men arose, and went their way: and Ioshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Depart, and goe through the land, and describe it, and returne to me, that I may here cast lottes for you before the Lord in Shiloh.

    9So the men departed, and passed through the lande, and described it by cities into seuen partes in a booke, and returned to Ioshua into the campe at Shiloh.

  • Num 31:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

    5So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

  • Josh 7:14
    72%

    14In the morning therefore ye shall come according to your tribes, and the tribe which the Lord taketh, shal come according to the families: and the familie which the Lorde shall take, shall come by the housholds: and the houshold which the Lord shall take, shall come man by man.

  • Josh 3:6
    72%

    6Also Ioshua spake vnto the Priestes, saying, Take vp the Arke of the couenant, and goe ouer before the people: so they tooke vp the Arke of the couenant, & went before the people.

  • Josh 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12And the sonnes of Reuben, & the sonnes of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh went ouer before the children of Israel armed, as Moses had charged them.

    13Euen fourty thousand prepared for warre, went before the Lord vnto battel, into ye plaine of Iericho.

  • Josh 6:7
    72%

    7But he said vnto the people, Goe and compasse the citie: and let him that is armed, go forth before the Arke of the Lord.

  • Josh 3:8
    72%

    8Thou shalt therefore command the Priests that beare the Arke of the Couenant, saying, When ye are come to the brinke of the waters of Iorden, ye shall stande still in Iorden.

  • Num 32:28
    71%

    28So concerning them, Moses commanded Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

  • Deut 1:13
    71%

    13Bring you men of wisedome and of vnderstanding, and knowen among your tribes, and I will make them rulers ouer you:

  • Num 27:18
    71%

    18And the Lorde said vnto Moses, Take thee Ioshua the sonne of Nun, in whom is the Spirite, and put thine handes vpon him,

  • Num 1:44
    70%

    44These are the summes which Moses, and Aaron nombred, and the Princes of Israel, the twelue men, which were euery one for the house of their fathers.

  • Deut 1:15
    70%

    15So I tooke the chiefe of your tribes wise and knowen men, & made them rulers ouer you, captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, and captaines ouer fiftie, and captaines ouer tenne, and officers among your tribes.

  • Josh 3:14
    70%

    14Then when the people were departed from their tentes to goe ouer Iorden, the Priestes bearing the Arke of the Couenant, went before people.

  • Deut 27:2
    70%

    2And when ye shal passe ouer Iorden vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, thou shalt set thee vp great stones, and playster them with plaister,