Joshua 3:12

Joshua 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
• New International Version (NIV)Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from every tribe.

Context of Joshua 3:12

10Joshua continued, “This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites. 11Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you. Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe. 13When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.” 14So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

Joshua 3:12 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה קְח֤וּ לָכֶם֙ שְׁנֵ֣י עָשָׂ֣ר אִ֔ישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִישׁ־אֶחָ֥ד אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד לַשָּֽׁבֶט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now therefore takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• you twelveעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• you twelveשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• out of the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• out of everyאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259

Cross-references for Joshua 3:12

• Joshua 4:2“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

Commentaries on Joshua 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Take you twelve men - See the note on Joshua 4:2.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The waters of Jordan shall be cut off. This must be done in such a way as never was done, but in the dividing of the Red sea. That miracle is here repeated; God has the same power to finish the salvation of his people, as to begin it; the WORD of the Lord was as truly with Joshua as with Moses. God's appearances for his people ought to encourage faith and hope. God's work is perfect, he will keep his people. Jordan's flood cannot keep out…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Joshua told the people to choose 12 men but did not reveal what this group of men would be doing (4:2–8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139-13. Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord--It seems that the Israelites had no intimation how they were to cross the river till shortly before the event. The premonitory address of Joshua, taken in connection with the miraculous result exactly as he had described it, would tend to increase and confirm their faith in the God of their fathers as not a dull, senseless, inanimate thing like the idols of the nations, but a Being of life, power, and…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Joshua 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings