Joshua 23:2
23:2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.
Joshua 24:1
Israel Renews its Commitment to the Lord
24:1 Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel’s elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God.
Deuteronomy 27:12-13
27:12 “The following tribes
1 must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
27:13 And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 29:10-11
29:10 You are standing today, all of you, before the
Lord your God – the heads of your tribes,
2 your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,
29:11 your infants, your wives, and the
3 foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –
1 tn The word “tribes” has been supplied here and in the following verse in the translation for clarity.
2 tc Heb “your heads, your tribes.” The Syriac presupposes either “heads of your tribes” or “your heads, your judges,” etc. (reading שֹׁפְטֵכֶם [shofÿtekhem] for שִׁבְטֵיכֶם [shivtekhem]). Its comparative difficulty favors the originality of the MT reading. Cf. KJV “your captains of your tribes”; NRSV “the leaders of your tribes”; NLT “your tribal leaders.”
3 tn Heb “your.”