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He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. <a href="/nlt/joshua/24.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, including their elders, leaders, judges, and officers. So they came and presented themselves to God. <a href="/esv/joshua/24.htm">English Standard Version</a> Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God. <a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/joshua/24.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/24.htm">New King James Version</a> Then 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. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officers; and they presented themselves before God. <a href="/nasb/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God. <a href="/lsb/joshua/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God. <a href="/amp/joshua/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then 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; they presented themselves before God. <a href="/csb/joshua/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel&#8217s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God. <a href="/asv/joshua/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/joshua/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Joshua called the tribes of Israel together for a meeting at Shechem. He asked the leaders, including the old men, the judges, and the officials, to come up and stand near the sacred tent. <a href="/erv/joshua/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/joshua/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called together Israel's leaders, chiefs, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves to God. <a href="/gnt/joshua/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they came into the presence of God. <a href="/isv/joshua/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then Joshua assembled together all of the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He called for the leaders, officials, judges, and tribal officers of Israel. They assembled in formation before God, <a href="/msb/joshua/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/joshua/24.htm">NET Bible</a> Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel's elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God. <a href="/nheb/joshua/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/joshua/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And Joshua convened 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. <a href="/web/joshua/24.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And Joshua gathers all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calls for [the] elderly of Israel, and for his heads, and for his judges, and for his authorities, and they station themselves before God. <a href="/ylt/joshua/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/joshua/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Joshua will gather together all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and he will call for the old men of Israel, and for the heads, and for the judges, and for the scribes; and they will stand before God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And Josue gathered together all the tribes of Israel in Sichem, and called for the ancients, and the princes, and the judges, and the masters: and they stood in the sight of the Lord: <a href="/cpdv/joshua/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord. <a href="/nabre/joshua/24.htm">New American Bible</a> Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, summoning the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel. When they stood in ranks before God, <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their scribes; and they presented themselves before God in front of the tabernacle of the congregation. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Yeshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shekeem and he called the Elders of Israel and their Leaders and their Judges and their Scribes and he stood before the Tabernacle of Time before God<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/joshua/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God. <a href="/parallel/joshua/24-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=6235" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Joshua Reviews Israel's History</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">Then Joshua</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: way·ye·’e·sōp̄ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">assembled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šiḇ·ṭê (N-mpc) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">the tribes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7927.htm" title="7927: šə·ḵe·māh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Ridge, a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor. The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.">at Shechem.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">He summoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: lə·ziq·nê (Prep-l:: Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">the elders,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: ū·lə·rā·šāw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">leaders,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: ū·lə·šō·p̄ə·ṭāw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3ms) -- To judge, govern. ">judges,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7860.htm" title="7860: ū·lə·šō·ṭə·rāw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, i.e. an official superintendent or magistrate.">and officers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3320.htm" title="3320: way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To set or station oneself, take one's stand. A primitive root; to place; reflexively, to station, offer, continue.">and they presented</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">themselves before</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God.</a> 2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7-8</a> So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. / And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Deuteronomy 31:28-30</a> Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. / For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.” / Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end: <a href="/judges/2-6.htm">Judges 2:6-7</a> After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance. / And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel. <a href="/1_samuel/12-7.htm">1 Samuel 12:7</a> Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers. <a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">1 Kings 8:1-3</a> At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. / And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. / When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, <a href="/2_chronicles/34-29.htm">2 Chronicles 34:29-31</a> Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. / And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. / So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1-3</a> On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads. / Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. / While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God. <a href="/psalms/78-5.htm">Psalm 78:5-8</a> For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, / that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children / that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments. ... <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18-20</a> “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. / If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/jeremiah/11-6.htm">Jeremiah 11:6-8</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out. / For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’ / Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” <a href="/ezekiel/20-1.htm">Ezekiel 20:1-3</a> In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me. / Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/matthew/23-2.htm">Matthew 23:2-3</a> “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. / So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. <a href="/luke/24-44.htm">Luke 24:44-49</a> Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.” / Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. / And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, ... <a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20-24</a> Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. ... <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">Acts 7:2-53</a> And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, / and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ / So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.<a href="/joshua/24-25.htm">Joshua 24:25</a> So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.<a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.<a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Genesis 33:18,19</a> 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… called<a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Joshua 23:2</a> 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:<a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Exodus 18:25,26</a> 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… presented<a href="/1_samuel/10-19.htm">1 Samuel 10:19</a> 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.<a href="/acts/10-33.htm">Acts 10:33</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Authorities</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/numbers/10-7.htm">Convened</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Overseers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-14.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/joshua/21-21.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/joshua/1-5.htm">Station</a> <a href="/joshua/23-2.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/joshua/23-4.htm">Together</a> <a href="/joshua/23-4.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/6-33.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/luke/12-11.htm">Authorities</a> <a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">Convened</a> <a href="/joshua/24-31.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/judges/7-25.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Judges</a> <a href="/judges/5-2.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm">Officers</a> <a href="/judges/8-6.htm">Officials</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">Overseers</a> <a href="/judges/3-17.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/judges/2-7.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/joshua/24-25.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/judges/20-2.htm">Station</a> <a href="/joshua/24-9.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/judges/2-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/judges/3-13.htm">Together</a> <a href="/judges/18-1.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 24</div>1. <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem</a> 2. <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">A brief history of God's benefits from Terah</a> 14. <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">He renews the covenant between them and God</a> 26. <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">A stone the witness of the covenant</a> 29. <a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Joshua's age, death, and burial</a> 32. <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joseph's bones are buried</a> 33. <a href="/joshua/24-33.htm">Eleazar dies</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. Joshua, nearing the end of his life, gathers the tribes at Shechem, a significant location in Israel's history. Shechem is where God first promised the land to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6-7</a>) and where Jacob settled after returning from Paddan Aram (<a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Genesis 33:18-20</a>). It serves as a central place for covenant renewal, symbolizing continuity and fulfillment of God's promises. Archaeological evidence suggests Shechem was a major Canaanite city, later becoming a key Israelite center. This assembly underscores the unity of the tribes under Joshua's leadership and the importance of covenant faithfulness.He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, Joshua calls together the nation's leadership, emphasizing the structured governance established among the Israelites. The elders, leaders, judges, and officers represent the various levels of authority and responsibility within the community. This gathering reflects the theocratic nature of Israel's society, where civil and religious duties are intertwined. The presence of these leaders highlights the importance of collective decision-making and accountability before God, ensuring that the covenant is upheld across all levels of society.and they presented themselves before God. The leaders' presentation before God signifies a formal and solemn occasion, likely involving rituals or sacrifices. This act of presenting themselves indicates submission and readiness to hear and obey God's commands. It echoes earlier instances where Israel stood before God, such as at Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-17.htm">Exodus 19:17</a>), reinforcing the idea of divine presence and authority. This moment foreshadows the New Testament concept of believers presenting themselves as living sacrifices (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>), drawing a parallel between Israel's covenant renewal and the Christian call to holiness and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a> The leader of Israel after Moses, who guided the Israelites into the Promised Land. He is a central figure in this passage, calling the assembly. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_tribes_of_israel.htm">The Tribes of Israel</a> The twelve tribes that descended from the sons of Jacob, representing the entire nation of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a> A significant city in the history of Israel, located in the hill country of Ephraim. It is a place of covenant renewal and historical importance. 4. <a href="/topical/e/elders,_leaders,_judges,_and_officers.htm">Elders, Leaders, Judges, and Officers</a> These are the various levels of leadership within Israel, representing the governance and judicial structure of the nation. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The central figure before whom the assembly presents itself, emphasizing the theocratic nature of Israel's society.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a> Just as Joshua gathered Israel to renew their covenant with God, believers today are called to regularly renew their commitment to God through prayer, worship, and obedience. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_accountability.htm">Leadership and Accountability</a> The presence of elders, leaders, judges, and officers highlights the importance of godly leadership and accountability within the community of faith. <a href="/topical/h/historical_significance.htm">Historical Significance</a> Understanding the historical and spiritual significance of places like Shechem can deepen our appreciation for God's faithfulness throughout history. <a href="/topical/u/unity_in_worship.htm">Unity in Worship</a> The assembly of all tribes signifies the importance of unity in worship and purpose among God's people. <a href="/topical/p/presenting_ourselves_before_god.htm">Presenting Ourselves Before God</a> Just as the Israelites presented themselves before God, we are called to live lives that are continually presented before Him, seeking His guidance and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 24</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'altar_call'_mean.htm">What does "altar call" mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_joshua_24_14-15_reconcile_idolatry.htm">Joshua 24:14-15 – How does this pledge to exclusively serve the Lord reconcile with the later biblical narratives showing continued idolatry in Israel? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_jacob's_well's_existence.htm">How can we verify the historical or archaeological existence of Jacob’s well mentioned in John 4:6? </a> <a href="/q/what_do_vultures_symbolize_biblically.htm">What is Shechem's significance in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XXIV.(b) JOSHUA'S LAST CHARGE TO THE PEOPLE.(1, 2) Joshua gathered all the tribes . . .--At the former address the rulers alone appear to have been present; on this occasion all Israel was gathered. And what is spoken is addressed to the people in the hearing of the rulers. In the speech that now follows Joshua briefly recapitulates the national history; he had not thought this necessary for the rulers. To them he had said, "Ye know;" but "the people" embraced many persons of but little thought and education, whom it was necessary to inform and remind and instruct, even as to the leading events of their national history. The simple lesson which Joshua's words are intended to enforce is the duty of serving Jehovah, and serving Him alone. It is the first great lesson of the old covenant. "I am Jehovah, thy God; thou shalt have no other gods beside Me." The ark of this covenant had brought them over Jordan into the promised land.(2) Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood.--The flood, i.e., the river--probably Euphrates, though it may be Jordan, or both. Flood in our English Bible has been used for river in several places: e.g., <a href="/job/22-16.htm" title="Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:">Job 22:16</a>, "whose foundation was overflown with a flood," i.e., a river; <a href="/psalms/66-6.htm" title="He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.">Psalm 66:6</a>, "He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood (the river, i.e., Jordan) on foot;" <a href="/matthew/7-25.htm" title="And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell not: for it was founded on a rock.">Matthew 7:25</a>; <a href="/matthew/7-27.htm" title="And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.">Matthew 7:27</a>, "The rain descended, and the floods (i.e., the rivers) came." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - To Shechem. The LXX. and the Arabic version read Shiloh here, and as the words "they presented themselves (literally, took up their station) before God" follow, this would seem the natural reading. But there is not the slightest MSS. authority for the reading, and it is contrary to all sound principles of criticism to resort to arbitrary emendations of the text. Besides, the LXX. itself reads Συχέμ, in ver. 26, and adds, "before the tabernacle of the God of Israel," words implied, but not expressed in the Hebrew. We are therefore driven to the supposition that this gathering was one yet more solemn than the one described in the previous chapter. The tabernacle was no doubt removed on this great occasion to Shechem. The locality, as Poole reminds us, was well calculated to inspire the Israelites with the deepest feelings. It was the scene of God's first covenant with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6, 7</a>), and of the formal renewal of the covenant related in <a href="/genesis/35-2.htm">Genesis 35:2-4</a> (see note on vers. 23, 26), and in <a href="/joshua/8-30.htm">Joshua 8:30-35</a>, when the blessings and the curses were inscribed on Mount Gerizim and Ebal, and the place where Joseph's bones (ver. 32) were laid, possibly at this time, or if not, at the time when the blessings and curses were inscribed. And now, once again, a formal renewal of the covenant was demanded from Israel by their aged chieftain, before his voice should cease to be heard among them any more. Rosenmuller reminds us that Josephus, the Chaldee and Syriac translators, and the Aldine and Complutensian editions of the LXX. itself, have Sichem. Bishop Horsley makes the very reasonable suggestion that Shiloh was not as yet the name of a town, but possibly of the tabernacle itself, or the district in which it had been pitched. And he adds that Mizpeh and Sheehem, not Shiloh, appear to have been the places fixed upon for the gathering of the tribes (see <a href="/judges/10-17.htm">Judges 10:17</a>; <a href="/judges/11-11.htm">Judges 11:11</a>; <a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1</a> (cf. ver. 27); <a href="/1_samuel/7-5.htm">1 Samuel 7:5</a>). See, however, <a href="/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12</a>, as well as <a href="/joshua/21-2.htm">Joshua 21:2</a>; <a href="/joshua/22-12.htm">Joshua 22:12</a>. Some additional probability is given to this view by the fact noticed above, that it is thought necessary to describe the situation of Shiloh in <a href="/judges/21-19.htm">Judges 21:19</a>, and we may also fail to notice that the words translated "house of God" in <a href="/judges/20-18.htm">Judges 20:18, 26</a> in our version, is in reality Bethel, there being no "house of God" properly so called, but only the "tabernacle of the congregation." The tabernacle in that ease would be moved from place to place within the central district assigned to it, as necessity or convenience dictated. Hengstenberg objects to the idea that the tabernacle was moved to Shechem that it would have led to an idea that God was only present in His Holy Place, to which it is sufficient to reply, (1) that this does not necessarily follow, and (2) that such a conception was entertained, though erroneously, by some minds. The Samaritan woman, for instance, supposed the Jews to believe that in Jerusalem only ought men to worship (<a href="/john/4-20.htm">John 4:20</a>). When Hengstenberg says, however, that the meeting in the last chapter had reference to Israel from a theocratic and religious, and this one from an historical point of view, he is on firmer ground. The former exhortation is ethical, this historical. He goes on to refer to the deeply interesting historical traditions centering round this place, which have been noticed above. The oak in ver. 26, Hengstenberg maintains to be the same tree that is mentioned in <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> (where our version has, erroneously, "plain"), and which is referred to both in <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> and here as the (i.e, the well known) terebinth in Shechem (see note on ver. 26). He has overlooked the fact that the tree in <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> is not an אֵלָה but an אֵלון. He goes on to contend that the terebinth was not merely "by" but "in" the sanctuary of the Lord, which he supposes to be another sanctuary beside the tabernacle, perhaps the sacred enclosure round Abraham's altar. But he is wrong, as has been shown below, (ver. 26), when he says that בְּ never signifies near (see Joshua 5:25). The question is one of much difficulty, and cannot be satisfactorily settled. But we may dismiss without fear, in the light of the narative in ch. 22, Knobel's suggestion that an altar was erected here on this occasion. If there were any altar, it must have been the altar in the tabernacle. Other gods. That the family of Nahor were not exactly worshippers of the one true God in the same pure ritual as Abraham, may be gathered from the fact that Laban had teraphim (<a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Genesis 31:19, 30</a>). But recent researches have thrown some light on the condition of Abraham's family and ancestors. If Ur Casdim be identified, as recent discoverers have supposed, with Mugeyer, which, though west of Euphrates as a whole, is yet to the eastward of one of its subordinate channels (see 'Transactions of the Society of Biblical Arebaeology,' 3:229; Tomkins, 'Studies on the Time of Abraham,' p. 4), its ruins give us plentiful information concerning the creed of its inhabitants. We may also find some information about this primeval city in Rawlinson's 'Ancient Monarchies,' 1:15, and in Smith's 'Assyrian Discoveries,' p. 233. The principal building of this city is the temple of the moon god Ur. One of the liturgical hymns to this moon god is in existence, and has been translated into French by M. Lenormant. In it the moon is addressed as Father, earth enlightening god, primeval seer, giver of life, king of kings, and the like. The sun and stars seem also to have been objects of worship, and a highly developed polytheistic system seems to have culminated in the horrible custom of human sacrifices. This was a recognised practice among the early Accadians, a Turanian race which preceded the Semitic in these regions. A fragment of an early Accadian hymn has been preserved, in which the words "his offspring for his life he gave" occur, and it seems that the Semitic people of Ur adopted it from them. A similar view is attributed to Balak in <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Micah 6:5, 6</a>, and was probably derived from documents which have since perished (see Tomkins, 'Studies on the Time of Abraham,' p 24). Hence, no doubt the Moloch, or Molech, worship which was common in the neighbourhood of Palestine, and which the descendants of Abraham on their first entrance thither rejected with such disgust (see also <a href="/genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22</a>, where Abraham seems to have some difficulties connected with his ancestral creed). Other deities were worshipped in the Ur of the Chaldees. Sumas, the sun god, Nana, the equivalent of Astarte, the daughter of the moon god, Bel and Belat, "his lady." "In truth," says Mr. Tomkins, in the work above cited, "polytheism was stamped on the earth in temples and towers, and the warlike and beneficent works of kings. Rimmon was the patron of the all-important irrigation, Sin of brickmaking and building, Nergal of war." A full account of these deities will be found in Rawlinson's 'Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1. <a href="/commentaries/joshua/24-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites assembled וַיֶּאֶסֹ֧ף (way·ye·’e·sōp̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the tribes שִׁבְטֵ֥י (šiḇ·ṭê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc at Shechem. שְׁכֶ֑מָה (šə·ḵe·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7927.htm">Strong's 7927: </a> Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor He summoned וַיִּקְרָא֩ (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read the elders, לְזִקְנֵ֨י (lə·ziq·nê) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> Old leaders, וּלְרָאשָׁ֗יו (ū·lə·rā·šāw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head judges, וּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו֙ (ū·lə·šō·p̄ə·ṭāw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate and officers וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו (ū·lə·šō·ṭə·rāw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7860.htm">Strong's 7860: </a> A scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and they presented וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ (way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3320.htm">Strong's 3320: </a> To set or station oneself, take one's stand themselves before לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face God. הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">OT History: Joshua 24:1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel (Josh. 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