“Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.
He took twelve stones, one to represent each of the tribes of Israel,
“Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”
Enlist one leader from each tribe to help them with the task.
“This seemed like a good idea to me, so I chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes.
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.’”
