Joshua 4:12

New American Bible - revised edition

The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh, armed, marched in the vanguard of the Israelites, as Moses had ordered.

Cross References

Exodus 13:18

Instead, God rerouted them toward the Red Sea by way of the wilderness road, and the Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

Numbers 1:24

Of the descendants of Gad, registered by name and lineage according to their clans and ancestral houses, every male of twenty years or more, everyone fit for military service:

Numbers 32:17

but we ourselves will march as troops in the vanguard before the Israelites, until we have led them to their destination. Meanwhile our families will remain in the fortified towns because of the land’s inhabitants.

Deuteronomy 3:18

At that time I charged you: The Lord, your God, has given you this land as your possession. But all your troops equipped for battle must cross over in the vanguard of your fellow Israelites.

Deuteronomy 33:21

He saw that the best should be his, for there the commander’s portion was assigned; he came at the head of the people. He carried out the justice of the Lord and his ordinances for Israel.

Joshua 1:14

Your wives, your children, and your livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you here beyond the Jordan. But all the warriors among you must cross over armed, ahead of your kindred, and you must help them

Joshua 4:11

and when all the people had completed the crossing, the ark of the Lord also crossed; and the priests were now in front of them.

Joshua 4:13

About forty thousand troops, equipped for battle, crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.