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Selected Verse: Joshua 4:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jos 4:2 |
King James |
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Take you twelve men - The order is given in the plural, because no doubt the tribes themselves were to choose their own representatives, the choice being approved by Joshua Jos 4:4. These twelve would be left with Joshua on the hither bank of the river, waiting to receive his orders after the rest of the people had made their way across Jos 3:17; Jos 4:1. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Out of every tribe a man - For the greater evidence, and the more effectual spreading the report of this marvellous work among all the tribes. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Take you twelve men - From Jos 3:12, it appears that the twelve men had been before appointed, one taken out of each of the twelve tribes; and now they are employed for that purpose for which they had been before selected. |
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.