Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
Twelve men
General references
Bible References
Twelve men
Joshua 3:12
Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
Numbers 1:4
And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family.
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.
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."
Matthew 10:1
Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.
General references
Joshua 3:12
Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.