Joshua 4:12

Good News Translation

The men of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and of half the tribe of Manasseh, ready for battle, crossed ahead of the rest of the people, as Moses had told them to do.

Cross References

Exodus 13:18

Instead, he led them in a roundabout way through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.

Numbers 32:17

Then we will be ready to go with the other Israelites into battle and lead the attack until we have settled them in the land that will be theirs. In the meantime, our dependents can live here in the fortified towns, safe from the people of this land.

Deuteronomy 3:18

“At the same time, I gave them the following instructions: ‘The Lord our God has given you this land east of the Jordan to occupy. Now arm your fighting men and send them across the Jordan ahead of the other tribes of Israel, to help them occupy their land.

Deuteronomy 33:21

They took the best of the land for themselves; A leader's share was assigned to them. They obeyed the Lord's commands and laws When the leaders of Israel were gathered together.”

Joshua 1:14

Your wives, your children, and your livestock will stay here, but your soldiers, armed for battle, will cross over ahead of the other Israelites in order to help them

Joshua 4:11

When they were all on the other side, the priests with the Lord's Covenant Box went on ahead of the people.

Joshua 4:13

In the presence of the Lord about forty thousand men ready for war crossed over to the plain near Jericho.