Joshua 4:2

2 “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

Joshua 4:2 in Other Translations

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

2 "Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

2 “Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.

2 "Select twelve men from the people, a man from each tribe,

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

Joshua 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 4:2

Take you twelve men out of the people
Joshua had before this ordered twelve men to be taken from among them, which seems to have been done of himself; and now he has a direction from God for it, and what to employ them in:

out of every tribe a man;
so that what they did was in the name of the several tribes, and as representing them.

Joshua 4:2 In-Context

1 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

2 “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

3 and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”

4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

5 and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 3:12