Joshua 4:2 KJV — MannaFest

Joshua 4:2

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

KJV

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ASV

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

WEB

“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

YLT

`Take for you out of the people twelve men, one man--one man out of a tribe;

DBT

Take you twelve men out of the people, one man out of every tribe,

About this book

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Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.

Author: Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
Date: Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period

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11 verses on the floor

Joshua 3:12
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Numbers 34:18
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
Deuteronomy 1:23
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
Numbers 13:2
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

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They are the established means of perpetuating the memory of important transactions, especially among the nomadic people of the East. Although there be no inscription engraved on them, the history and object of such simple monuments are traditionally preserved from age to age.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The two tribes, though seated already in their possession, yet, sharing in the mercy, must lend a hand to the memorial of it. The stones that must be set up for this memorial are ordered to be taken out of the midst of the channel (where, probably, there lay abundance of great stones), and as near as might be from the very place where the priests stood with the ark,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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