Joshua 24:1

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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.

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  • Josh 23:2 : 2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them:“I am very old.
  • 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said,“No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.’”
  • 1 Kgs 12:1 : 1 Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us.”
  • Judg 9:1-3 : 1 Abimelech Murders His Brothers Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 2 “Tell all the leaders of Shechem this:‘Why would you want to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” 3 His mother’s relatives spoke on his behalf to all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; they said,“He is our close relative.”
  • Gen 12:6 : 6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem.(At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)
  • Gen 33:18-19 : 18 After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city. 19 Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
  • Gen 35:4 : 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem
  • Exod 18:25-26 : 25 Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.

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  • Josh 23:1-2
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    1Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.

    2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them:“I am very old.

  • Josh 24:22-26
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    22Joshua said to the people,“Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the LORD?” They replied,“We are witnesses!”

    23Joshua said,“Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the LORD God of Israel.”

    24The people said to Joshua,“We will worship the LORD our God and obey him.”

    25That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem.

    26Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the LORD’s shrine.

  • Josh 21:1
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    1Levitical Cities The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

  • Josh 22:1
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    1Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

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    9Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”

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    2Joshua told all the people,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,

  • Deut 31:28
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    28Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

  • Deut 29:10
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    10You are standing today, all of you, before the LORD your God– the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,

  • Josh 4:4
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    4Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

  • Josh 1:10
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    10Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

  • Josh 7:23
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    23They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the LORD.

  • Num 27:22
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    22So Moses did as the LORD commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.

  • Josh 9:1-2
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    1The Gibeonites Deceive Israel When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan– in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon(including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)–

    2they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

  • Josh 4:1
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    1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,

  • Num 32:28
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    28So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

  • Josh 24:31
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    31Israel worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the LORD had done for Israel.

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    1¶ Judah Takes the Lead After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the LORD,“Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?”

  • 1 Sam 8:4
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    4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

  • Num 27:19
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    19set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly.

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    1The Tribes Meet at Shiloh The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,

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    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him,

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    6Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD until evening and threw dirt on their heads.

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  • Josh 8:34-35
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    34Then Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.

    35Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them.

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    10Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

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    1Israel Designates Cities of Refuge The LORD instructed Joshua:

  • Josh 4:15
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    15The LORD told Joshua,

  • Exod 4:29
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    29Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

  • Josh 10:24
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    24When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him,“Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.

  • 1 Chr 23:2
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    2David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

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    14The Commissioning of Joshua Then the LORD said to Moses,“The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

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    16Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

  • Josh 22:12
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    12When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.

  • Num 36:1
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    1Women and Land Inheritance Then the heads of the family groups of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families.

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    7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.