Joshua 4:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Josh 3:12 : 12 Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
  • 1 Kgs 18:31 : 31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, Israel shall be your name.
  • Matt 10:1-5 : 1 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; 3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.
  • Num 1:4-9 : 4 With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers' house. 5 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. 10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. 14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan."
  • Num 13:2 : 2 Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them.
  • Num 34:18 : 18 You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
  • Deut 1:23 : 23 The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 4:3-10
    8 verses
    93%

    3and command you them, saying, Take hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where you shall lodge this night.

    4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

    5and Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

    6that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones?

    7then you shall tell them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.

    8The children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

    9Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.

    10For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.

  • Josh 3:11-12
    2 verses
    91%

    11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.

    12Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

  • Josh 18:4
    80%

    4Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.

  • Josh 4:1
    78%

    1It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • Num 34:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

    18You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.

  • Josh 1:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

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

    11Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.

    12To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying,

  • Deut 1:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22You came near to me everyone of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.

    23The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:

  • Num 13:2
    76%

    2Send you men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, everyone a prince among them.

  • Josh 22:1
    75%

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

  • Num 1:4
    75%

    4With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers' house.

  • Josh 7:16
    73%

    16So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

  • Josh 4:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20Those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

    21He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

    22Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

  • Num 26:4
    72%

    4[Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • Josh 4:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,

    16Command the priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

    17Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

  • Josh 18:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8The men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.

    9The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

  • Num 31:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall you send to the war.

    5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

  • Josh 7:14
    72%

    14In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Yahweh takes shall come near by families; and the family which Yahweh shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Yahweh shall take shall come near man by man.

  • Josh 3:6
    72%

    6Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

  • Josh 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them:

    13about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.

  • Josh 6:7
    72%

    7They said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Yahweh.

  • Josh 3:8
    72%

    8You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.

  • Num 32:28
    71%

    28So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.

  • Deut 1:13
    71%

    13Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

  • Num 27:18
    71%

    18Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;

  • Num 1:44
    70%

    44These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.

  • Deut 1:15
    70%

    15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

  • Josh 3:14
    70%

    14It happened, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;

  • Deut 27:2
    70%

    2It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: