‘Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.’
Joshua 3:12 - New International Version (Anglicised) Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So now take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. Common English Bible Now pick twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe. Catholic Public Domain Version Prepare twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe. |
‘Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.’
And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord – the Lord of all the earth – set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.’
So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.