‘Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.’
Joshua 3:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So now take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. Common English Bible Now pick twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe. Catholic Public Domain Version Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe. |
‘Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.’
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the Lord, the Lord of the whole earth, come to rest in the Jordan’s water, its water will be cut off. The water flowing downstream will stand up in a heap.’
So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had selected from the Israelites, one man for each tribe,
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.