Yehoshua 4: She Sells Sea Stones by the Sea Shore

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · May 24, 2026 · 3m

In the middle of chapter 3 there is a verse that seems out of place: “Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Yisrael, out of every tribe a man” (verse 12).

וְעַתָּה קְחוּ לָכֶם שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר אִישׁ מִשִּׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָד לַשָּׁבֶט

(Joshua 3:12) The Navi does not explain what should be done with these twelve people, and the story simply continues. It is not until chapter 4 that their job is revealed. “Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man / and command them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Yarden, out of the place…