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Joshua 4:4

Joshua 4:4 is verse 4 of Joshua chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,

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King James Version

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

World English Bible

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, a man out of every tribe.

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Joshua 4:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

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

3 and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”

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

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

6 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

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Hebrew words

וַיִּקְרָ֣אand he called יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַJoshua אֶלto שְׁנֵ֤יםtwo [plus]הֶֽעָשָׂר֙the ten אִ֔ישׁman אֲשֶׁ֥רwhom הֵכִ֖יןhe had appointed מִבְּנֵ֣יfrom [the] people of יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael אִישׁa man אֶחָ֥דone אִישׁa man אֶחָ֖דone מִשָּֽׁבֶטfrom a tribe

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Joshua 4:2
“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

Mark 3:14
He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

Mark 3:15
and to have authority to drive out demons.

Mark 3:16
These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

Mark 3:17
James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

Mark 3:18
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Mark 3:19
and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

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