12Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
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Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)We may observe here how God honours Joshua, and by this wondrous work he is about to do designs to make Israel know that he is their governor, and then how Joshua honours God and endeavours by it to make Israel know that he is their God. Thus those that honour God he will honour, and those whom he has advanced should do what they can in their places to exalt him. I. God speaks to Joshua to put hon…
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