Joshua 4:2
Take you twelue me out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
In Context
1And when all the people were wholy gone ouer Iorden, (after the Lord had spoken vnto Ioshua, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 13:2And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Deuteronomy 1:23So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one.
1 Kings 18:31And 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)
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 →