Joshua 4:12

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

Cross-references

Joshua 1:14 commands the Transjordan tribes to cross armed; here they fulfill that command by crossing armed.

Numbers 32:20-32 records the original promise the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-Manasseh made to cross armed—this verse fulfills that command.

Numbers 32:17 gives the Reubenites' own words: 'We will arm ourselves and go ahead'—the direct source of this verse's action.

Numbers 32:27 has Moses' response affirming they will cross armed—another part of the same agreement this verse fulfills.

Deuteronomy 3:18 records Moses' identical command to these tribes to cross armed—a parallel account of the same commission.