Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

New American Standard Bible

Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

“Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,

International Standard Version

"Gather together twelve men from the people one man from each tribe

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

“Take for yourselves the twelve men [chosen] from among the people, one man from each tribe,

Bible in Basic English

Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Take to you from the people twelve men, one man, one man from a tribe;

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Take twelve men from the people, {one man from each tribe},

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Take unto you, from among the people, twelve men, one man severally from each tribe;

Webster

Take you twelve men from the people, from every tribe a man,

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

men
אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

out of the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

out of every
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

שׁבט 
Shebet 
Usage: 190

Context Readings

The Israelites Make A Memorial

1 And it happened when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, Jehovah spoke to Joshua saying, 2 Take twelve men for you out of the people, a man out of every tribe, 3 and command them saying, Take twelve stones from here, out of the middle of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm. And you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the place where you shall stay tonight.

Cross References

Joshua 3:12

And now take yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

Numbers 1:4-15

And with you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of the house of his fathers.

Numbers 13:2

Send men so that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the sons of Israel. You shall send a man from every tribe of their fathers, everyone a ruler among them.

Numbers 34:18

And you shall take one ruler from every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

Deuteronomy 1:23

And the saying pleased me very much. And I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe.

1 Kings 18:31

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be your name.

Matthew 10:1-5

And when He had called to Him His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

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