Joshua 4:2
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Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:

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

Numbers 1:4-15 And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds, . . .

Numbers 13:2 Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers.

Numbers 34:18 And one prince of every tribe,

Deuteronomy 1:23 And because the saying pleased me, I sent of you twelve men, one of every tribe:

1 Kings 18:31 And he took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord came, saying: Israel shall be thy name.

Matthew 10:15 Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Context
Twelve Stones from the Jordan
1And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Joshua: 2Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:3And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood, twelve very hard stones, which you shall set in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night.…
Cross References
Joshua 3:12
Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.

Joshua 4:3
And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood, twelve very hard stones, which you shall set in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night.

Lexicon
“Choose
קְח֤וּ (qə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

twelve
שְׁנֵ֥ים (šə·nêm)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

men
אִישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

from among
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the people,
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

one
אֶחָ֥ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

from each tribe,
מִשָּֽׁבֶט׃ (miš·šā·ḇeṭ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe


Additional Translations
“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

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

Take men from the people, one of each tribe,

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

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

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

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

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