Joshua 4:2

New English Translation

“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:31

Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new name.”

Numbers 13:2

“Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”

Numbers 34:18

You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 1:23

I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Joshua 3:12

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

Joshua 4:3

Instruct them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.’”