NET Bible
"Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe."
— Joshua 3:12, NET Bible
“Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.”
“Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. ”
“Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.”
“Prepare ye twelve men of the tribes of Israel, one of every tribe.”
“So take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, a man from every tribe.”
“Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.”
Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”
Joshua 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.
Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord 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.
When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the LORD, the Lord of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.”
So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.
When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface of the water–(the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time)–