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.

And Joshua {H3091} gathered {H622} all the tribes {H7626} of Israel {H3478} to Shechem {H7927}, and called {H7121} for the elders {H2205} of Israel {H3478}, and for their heads {H7218}, and for their judges {H8199}, and for their officers {H7860}; and they presented {H3320} themselves before {H6440} God {H430}.

Y'hoshua gathered all the tribes of Isra'el to Sh'khem; he summoned the leaders, heads, judges and officials of Isra'el; and they presented themselves before God.

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.

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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Cross-References

  • Joshua 23:2 (6 votes)

    And 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 10:19 (5 votes)

    And 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.

  • Acts 10:33 (2 votes)

    Immediately 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.

  • 1 Kings 12:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • Genesis 33:18 (2 votes)

    And 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.

  • Genesis 33:19 (2 votes)

    And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

  • Exodus 18:25 (2 votes)

    And 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.