12Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.


In Context

9 Joshua said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God.

10 This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.

11 See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.

12 Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

13 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."

14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

Joshua 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And now take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man — one man for a tribe;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.