Joshua 4:2
“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.
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- Josh 3:12 : 12 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
- 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the LORD’s message had come,“Israel will be your name.”
- Matt 10:1-5 : 1 Sending Out the Twelve Apostles Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. 2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon(called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:“Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.
- Num 1:4-9 : 4 And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family. 5 Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; 6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; 7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; 8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; 12 from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; 14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; 15 from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
- Num 13:2 : 2 “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”
- Num 34:18 : 18 You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.
- Deut 1:23 : 23 I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Josh 4:3-108 verses93%
3 Instruct them,‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”
4 Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.
5 Joshua told them,“Go in front of the ark of the LORD your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes.
6 The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday,‘Why are these stones important to you?’
7 tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites.”
8 The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the LORD had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.
9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.
10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly,
- Josh 3:11-122 verses91%
11 Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.
12 Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
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4 Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.
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1 Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,
- Num 34:17-182 verses77%
17 “These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
18 You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.
- Josh 1:10-123 verses76%
10 Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:
11 “Go through the camp and command the people,‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to you.’”
12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
- Deut 1:22-232 verses76%
22 So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”
23 I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
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2 “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”
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1 Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh
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4 And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.
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16 Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.
- Josh 4:20-223 verses73%
20 Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.
21 He told the Israelites,“When your children someday ask their fathers,‘What do these stones represent?’
22 explain to your children,‘Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.’
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4 “Number the people from twenty years old and upward, just as the LORD commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt.”
- Josh 4:15-173 verses72%
15 The LORD told Joshua,
16 “Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan.”
17 So Joshua instructed the priests,“Come up from the Jordan!”
- Josh 18:8-92 verses72%
8 When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land,“Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.”
9 The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
- Num 31:4-52 verses72%
4 You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel.”
5 So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.
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14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the LORD selects must approach by clans. The clan the LORD selects must approach by families. The family the LORD selects must approach man by man.
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6 Joshua told the priests,“Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
- Josh 4:12-132 verses72%
12 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.
13 About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.
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7 And he told the army,“Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
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8 Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant,‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”
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28 So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.
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13 Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”
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18 The LORD replied to Moses,“Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
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44 These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family.
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15 So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.
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14 So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.
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2 When you cross the Jordan River to the land the LORD your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster.