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

10Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you. 11Look, the Ark of the Covenant, which belongs to the Lord of the whole earth, will lead you across the Jordan River! Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. 13The priests will carry the Ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth. As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will stand up like a wall.” 14So the people left their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests who were 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“Now choose twelve men, one from each 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

In the dictionaries

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• Joshua (2)
• Joshua, Book of

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