“ Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from every tribe,

“你从民中要拣选十二个人，每支派一人，

“你要从百姓中选出十二个人，每支派一人，

“你要从百姓中选出十二个人，每支派一人，

“你去从民众中选出十二个人，每支派选一人，

“你要从人民中选十二个人，每支派一人，

「你從民中要揀選十二個人，每支派一人，

「你要從百姓中選出十二個人，每支派一人，

「你要從百姓中選出十二個人，每支派一人，

「你去從民眾中選出十二個人，每支派選一人，

“你要從人民中選十二個人，每支派一人，

『你們要從人民中取十二個人，各族派一人各族派一人。

當於民中簡十二人、每支派一人、

宜簡以色列族各支派中十有二人、

當於民中擇十二人、每支派一人、

“ Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,

“ Choose 12 men from among the people. Choose one from each tribe.

“ Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

“ Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.

“ Choose twelve men from the people, one man for each tribe,

“ Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

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

“ Choose 12 men from the people, one man for each tribe,

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

“ Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

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

Now therefore, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man from every tribe.

“ Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

“ The plan pleased me well; so I took twelve of your men, one man from each tribe.

And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance.

And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house.“ These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;from Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;from Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;from Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;from Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.”

And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying:“ Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying,“ Israel shall be your name.”