Joshua 4:2
Take men from the people, one of each tribe,
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
In Context
1And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 13:2Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Canaanites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
Deuteronomy 1:23And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe.
1 Kings 18:31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 4:2-10
The Passage over the Jordan. ( b. c. 1451.) 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. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom… Read the whole commentary →