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Old TestamentJoshua · Chapter 4

Joshua 4:2

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Joshua 4:2 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Joshua 4:2 is a verse from the book of Joshua in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man," Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Joshua 4:2 — KJV

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

Joshua 4:2 (KJV)

Joshua 4:2 in Context — About the Book of Joshua

Joshua is the book of possessed promises. After Moses' death, Joshua leads Israel across the Jordan, around Jericho's walls, and into the inheritance God swore to Abraham. It is a manual for courage — God's command to be strong and courageous frames the whole conquest.

CouragePossessing promisesGod fights for His peopleObedienceChoosing whom to serve
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Cross-References for Joshua 4:2

Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

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And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

Shares key themes with Joshua 4:2: take, men, people

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Shares key themes with Joshua 4:2: take, men, people

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

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But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey