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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 3:12

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Miracles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jordan, the River;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Joshua the son of nun;   Miracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jericho;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jordan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Lachish;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Yisra'el, for every tribe a man.
King James Version
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Lexham English Bible
So then, take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
English Standard Version
Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.
New Century Version
Now choose twelve men from among you, one from each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
New English Translation
Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.
Amplified Bible
"So now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from each tribe.
New American Standard Bible
"Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now choose yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Isra'el, one man for each tribe.
Darby Translation
And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now choose twelve men, one from each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore take twelve men from all the tribes of Israel, a man out of each tribe.
Good News Translation
Now choose twelve men, one from each of the tribes of Israel.
Literal Translation
And now, take for yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take now therfore twolue men out of ye trybes of Israel, out of euery trybe one.
American Standard Version
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
Bible in Basic English
So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therfore take from among you twelue men out of the tribes of Israel, out of euery tribe a man.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore take yee twelue men out of the Tribes of Israel, out of euery Tribe a man.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe.
English Revised Version
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
Berean Standard Bible
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Make ye redi twelue men of the twelue lynagis of Israel, bi ech lynage o man.
Young's Literal Translation
and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man -- one man for a tribe;
Update Bible Version
Now therefore take for yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
World English Bible
Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
New King James Version
Now therefore, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from every tribe.
New Living Translation
Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
New Life Bible
Now choose twelve men from the families of Israel, one man for each family.
New Revised Standard
So now select twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, take you twelve men, out of the tribes of Israel, - one man severally for each tribe;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.
Revised Standard Version
Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

Contextual Overview

7 The Lord told Joshua, "Beginning today I will show the people that you are their leader, and they will know that I am helping you as I helped Moses. 8 Now, tell the priests who are carrying the chest to go a little way into the river and stand there." 9 Joshua spoke to the people: Come here and listen to what the Lord our God said he will do! 10 Joshua told the people, "Make yourselves acceptable to worship the Lord , because he is going to do some amazing things for us." Then Joshua turned to the priests and said, "Take the chest and cross the Jordan River ahead of us." So the priests picked up the chest by its carrying poles and went on ahead. The Lord told Joshua, "Beginning today I will show the people that you are their leader, and they will know that I am helping you as I helped Moses. Now, tell the priests who are carrying the chest to go a little way into the river and stand there." Joshua spoke to the people: Come here and listen to what the Lord our God said he will do! The Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites control the land on the other side of the river. But the living God will be with you and will force them out of the land when you attack. And now, God is going to prove that he's powerful enough to force them out. 11Just watch the sacred chest that belongs to the Lord , the ruler of the whole earth. As soon as the priests carrying the chest step into the Jordan, the water will stop flowing and pile up as if someone had built a dam across the river. The Lord has also said that each of the twelve tribes should choose one man to represent it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 4:2, Joshua 4:9

Reciprocal: Joshua 18:4 - three Matthew 19:28 - the twelve

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
The Lord God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him."
Genesis 2:22
the Lord made a woman out of the rib. The Lord God brought her to the man,
Genesis 3:13
The Lord God then asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake tricked me," she answered. "And I ate some of that fruit."
Genesis 3:15
You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel."
Genesis 3:20
The man Adam named his wife Eve because she would become the mother of all who live.
Genesis 3:21
Then the Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for the man and his wife.
Genesis 3:24
Then God put winged creatures at the entrance to the garden and a flaming, flashing sword to guard the way to the life-giving tree.
Job 31:33
Many have attempted to hide their sins from others— but I refused.
Proverbs 19:3
We are ruined by our own stupidity, though we blame the Lord .
Proverbs 28:13
If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore take ye twelve men,.... For what end and purpose is not mentioned. Abarbinel is of opinion, that they were chosen and appointed, that every man might pitch upon and take a place for his tribe to encamp in, when they came on the other side Jordan: whether this was Joshua's view or no is not certain; however, the use he made of these, thus provided by divine direction, is related Joshua 4:2;

and these were to be taken out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man; Levi not reckoned, having no part in the land; and so we find that tribe left out in other accounts, when there was a choice of twelve men out of each of the tribes, Numbers 13:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 3:12. Take you twelve menJoshua 4:2.


 
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