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that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:
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A Nation's Leaders Gather
Commentators clarify that when Joshua called "for all Israel," he was summoning the nation's representatives. The elders, heads, judges, and officers gathered to hear his final words on behalf of the entire people. This was a formal assembly of Israel's leadership structure, not a gathering of every individual.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
All Israel, and for their elders - Omit “and,” which is not in the Hebrew. The meaning is that Joshua summoned to him all Israel as represen…
19th Century
Anglican
Joshua called for all Israel (i.e., first) ... for their elders ... heads ... judges, and ... office…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Joshua called for all Israel Summoned them together, whether at Timnathserah, his own city, he being old and inf…
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Joshua was old and dying, and he urged them to pay close attention to what he then said. He reminded them of the great things God had done for them…
