Joshua 4:2

New American Bible - revised edition

the Lord said to Joshua: Choose twelve men from the people, one from each tribe,

Cross References

1 Kings 18:31

He took twelve stones, for the number of tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said: Israel shall be your name.

Numbers 13:2

Send men to reconnoiter the land of Canaan, which I am giving the Israelites. You shall send one man from each ancestral tribe, every one a leader among them.

Numbers 34:18

and you will designate one leader from each of the tribes to apportion the land.

Deuteronomy 1:23

Agreeing with the proposal, I took twelve men from your number, one from each tribe.

Joshua 3:12

Now choose twelve men, one from each of the tribes of Israel.

Joshua 4:3

and command them, “Take up twelve stones from this spot in the Jordan riverbed where the priests have been standing. Carry them over with you, and place them where you are to stay tonight.”