Take twelve men from the people, a man for every tribe,
So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,
And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:
So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.
So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.
So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;
Then the house of Zabdi came forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)
And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?
And they said, How is the rest of Benjamin to be given offspring so that one tribe of Israel may not be put out of existence,
Then the children of Israel went away from there, every man to his tribe and his family, every man went back to his heritage.
And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?
And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.
And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Forty-six thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Reuben were numbered.
Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.
Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.
Seventy-four thousand, six hundred of the tribe of Judah were numbered.
Fifty-four thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Issachar were numbered.
Fifty-seven thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Zebulun were numbered.
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi.
Of the tribe of Joseph, that is of the family of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi.
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli.
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, the son of Michael
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, the son of Vophsi.
Of the tribe of Gad, Gevel, the son of Machi.
Send men to get knowledge about the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from every tribe of their fathers you are to send a man, every one a chief among them.
Forty thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Ephraim were numbered.
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.
Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori.
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
Thirty-five thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Benjamin were numbered.
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, the son of Joseph.
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.
Sixty-two thousand, seven hundred of the tribe of Dan were numbered.
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, the son of Raphu.
And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
Forty-one thousand, five hundred of the tribe of Asher were numbered.
Fifty-three thousand, four hundred of the tribe of Naphtali were numbered.
These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
But the Levites, of the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.
Only the tribe of Levi is not to be numbered among the children of Israel,
And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.
Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief.
Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.
Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.
Then the tribe of Naphtali, with Ahira, the son of Enan, as their chief.
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