Verse 2
Joshua 4:2
Free Bible Version
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“Choose twelve men from the people, one per tribe,
Original Language Text
hebrew
קְח֤וּ לָ/כֶם֙ מִן הָ/עָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר אֲנָשִׁ֑ים אִישׁ אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ אֶחָ֖ד מִ/שָּֽׁבֶט
English Translation
Take for yourselves from the people twelve men, one man from each tribe.
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Chapter 4 Context
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Once the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord told Joshua,
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“Choose twelve men from the people, one per tribe,
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and tell them, ‘Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests ar...
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So Joshua sent for the twelve men he had chosen, one from each tribe,
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and told them, “Go back into the middle of the Jordan, right in front of the Ark of the Agreement of...
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This will be a memorial among you so when your children one day ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’
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you can tell them, ‘It's about the time the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the Lord's...
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The people of Israel did as Joshua told them. The men picked up twelve stones from the middle of the...
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Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan right where the priests carrying the Ar...
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The priests carrying the Ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was done...
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Once all the people had crossed over, they watched as the Ark of the Lord was carried across by the...
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The armed men from the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh crossed at the head...
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They numbered about 40,000 men, armed and ready for battle, who crossed in the presence of the Lord...
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On that day the Lord confirmed Joshua as a great leader in the sight of all the Israelites, and they...
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The Lord had told Joshua,
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“Order the priests carrying the Ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.”
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So Joshua told the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”
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The priests came up out of the Jordan carrying the Ark of the Agreement, and as soon as their feet t...
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The people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal, to the east of Jericho, on the tenth day of...
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He told the Israelites, “When some day your children ask you their parents, ‘What do these stones me...
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you can explain to them, ‘This is where the Israelites crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’
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For the Lord your God (Elohim) made the Jordan River dry up right in front of you so you all could c...
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He did this so everyone on earth would know how powerful the Lord is, and so that you might be in aw...
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