“Send some men on your behalf to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Bnei-Yisrael. Each man you are to send will be a prince of the tribe of his fathers, a man from each tribe.”
Joshua 3:12 - Tree of Life Version So now, take for yourselves twelve men out of 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 some men on your behalf to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Bnei-Yisrael. Each man you are to send will be a prince of the tribe of his fathers, a man from each tribe.”
It will come to pass when the soles of the feet of the kohanim who are carrying the ark of Adonai, Sovereign of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the Jordan’s waters will be cut off. The waters coming downstream will stand up in one heap.”
Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from Bnei-Yisrael, one man from each tribe.
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the spot where the feet of the kohanim carrying the ark of the covenant were standing—they are there to this day.