KJV King James Version
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
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Joshua 24:1
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
WEB World English Bible
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.
Surrounding context — Joshua 24
1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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וַיֶּאֶסֹ֧ףH622 · a.saphto gatherיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallשִׁבְטֵ֥יH7626 · she.vettribe: staffיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelשְׁכֶ֑מָהH7927 · she.khemShechemוַיִּקְרָא֩H7121 · qa.rato call: call toלְזִקְנֵ֨יH2205 · za.qenold: elderיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוּלְרָאשָׁ֗יוH7218 · roshheadוּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו֙H8199 · sha.phatto judgeוּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יוH7860 · sho.terofficialוַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּH3320 · ya.tsavto standלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Joshua 23:2And Joshua called for all Israel, [and] for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old [and] stricken in age:1 Samuel 10:19And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.Genesis 12:6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.Genesis 33:18-19And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.Exodus 18:25-26And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.Acts 10:33Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.Judges 9:1-3And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,Genesis 35:4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.
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