Joshua 3:12

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And now take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel—one man—one man for a tribe.

Latin

Parate duodecim viros de tribubus Israël, singulos per singulas tribus.

Hebrew

English

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

Joshua told the people to choose 12 men but did not reveal what this group of men would be doing (4:2–8).

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua 4:2
“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
Joshua 4:9
Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
Joshua 4:4
So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes