约书亚记 4:4

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

於是，約書亞把他從以色列人中挑選的十二個人，每支派一人，都召了來。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
於 是 ， 约 书 亚 将 他 从 以 色 列 人 中 所 预 备 的 那 十 二 个 人 ， 每 支 派 一 人 ， 都 召 了 来 。

Contextual Overview

¹ After all the people had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, ² "Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe. ³ Tell them to get twelve rocks from the middle of the river, from where the priests stood. Carry the rocks and put them down where you stay tonight." ⁴ So Joshua chose one man from each tribe. Then he called the twelve men together ⁵ and said to them, "Go out into the river where the Ark of the Lord your God is. Each of you bring back one rock, one for each tribe of Israel, and carry it on your shoulder. ⁶ They will be a sign among you. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?' ⁷ Tell them the water stopped flowing in the Jordan when the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord crossed the river. These rocks will always remind the Israelites of this." ⁸ So the Israelites obeyed Joshua and carried twelve rocks from the middle of the Jordan River, one rock for each of the twelve tribes of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Joshua. They carried the rocks with them and put them down where they made their camp. ⁹ Joshua also put twelve rocks in the middle of the Jordan River where the priests had stood while carrying the Ark of the Agreement. These rocks are still there today.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prepared: Joshua 4:2, Mark 3:14-19

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:31 - twelve stones

Cross-References

Genesis 4:16
So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17
He had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch.

Genesis 4:19
Lamech married two women, Adah and Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.

Genesis 15:17
After the sun went down, it was very dark. Suddenly a smoking firepot and a blazing torch passed between the halves of the dead animals.

Exodus 13:12
you must give him every firstborn male. Also every firstborn male animal must be given to the Lord .

Leviticus 9:24
Fire came out from the Lord and burned up the burnt offering and fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and bowed facedown on the ground.

Numbers 16:35
Then a fire came down from the Lord and destroyed the two hundred fifty men who had presented the incense.

Numbers 18:12
"And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. This is what the Israelites give to me, the Lord , from the first crops they harvest.

Numbers 18:17
"But you must not make a payment for the firstborn ox or sheep or goat. Those animals are holy. Sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire. The smell is pleasing to the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel,.... It may be for some other purpose, Joshua 3:12; but this was the destination of them eventually, and as by divine direction:

out of every tribe a man: as he had before ordered, and was now directed to.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 4:4. Twelve men, whom he had prepared — This must refer to their appointment, Joshua 3:12.