Joshua 24:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their leaders, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders of Israel, their leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And hua 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Joshua{H3091} gathered{H622}{(H8799)} all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to Shechem{H7927}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} for the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478}, and for their heads{H7218}, and for their judges{H8199}{(H8802)}, and for their officers{H7860}{(H8802)}; and they presented{H3320}{(H8691)} themselves before{H6440} God{H430}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Iosua gathered all the trybes of Israel together vnto Sichem, and called the Elders of Israel, the heades, iudges and officers. And wha they were come before God,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Ioshua assembled againe all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called the Elders of Israel, and their heades, and their iudges, and their officers, and they presented themselues before God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Iosuah gathered all ye tribes of Israel to Sichem, and called for the elders of Israel, & for their heades, iudges, and officers, & they presented them selues before God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 23:2 : 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, for their leaders, for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and advanced in age.
  • 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 And you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
  • 1 Kgs 12:1 : 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Immediately therefore I sent to you; and you have done well that you have come. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things commanded you by God.
  • Judg 9:1-3 : 1 And Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem, to his mother's relatives, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, asking, Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rules over you? Remember also that I am your own flesh and bone. 3 And his mother's relatives spoke about him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.
  • Gen 12:6 : 6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
  • Gen 33:18-19 : 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram, and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a piece of land where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.
  • Gen 35:4 : 4 And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
  • Exod 18:25-26 : 25 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. 26 And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

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  • Josh 23:1-2
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    1 And it happened a long time after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, that Joshua grew old and advanced in age.

    2 And Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, for their leaders, for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and advanced in age.

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    22 And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

    23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel.

    24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

    25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

    26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a large stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.

  • 1 Then the heads of the fathers of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

  • 1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

  • 9 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here and hear the words of the LORD your God.

  • 2 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers lived on the other side of the river in ancient times, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

  • 28 Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

  • 10 You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God: your leaders of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

  • 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe,

  • 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.

  • 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation:

  • Josh 9:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 And it happened, when all the kings on this side of the Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and along all the coasts of the great sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it;

    2 That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

  • 1 And it happened, when all the people had completely passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,

  • 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and who had known all the works of the LORD, which he had done for Israel.

  • 1 Now after the death of Joshua, it came to pass that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

  • 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together, and came to Samuel at Ramah,

  • 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

  • 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.

  • 7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.

  • 1 And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.

  • 6 And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

  • 12 And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua spoke, saying,

  • Josh 8:34-35
    2 verses
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    34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and curses, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

    35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers who were among them.

  • 10 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and numbered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

  • 1 The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • 15 And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

  • 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.

  • 24 And it happened, when they brought those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near and put their feet on their necks.

  • 2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

  • 30 Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in Mount Ebal,

  • 1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over.

  • 14 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

  • 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh to go up to war against them.

  • 1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

  • 7 And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.