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.
Joshua 8:33
8:33 All the people,
1 rulers,
2 leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the
Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there.
3 Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the
Lord’s servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.
4
1 tn Heb “All Israel.”
2 tn Or “elders.”
3 tn Heb “like the resident alien, like the citizen.” The language is idiomatic, meaning that both groups were treated the same, at least in this instance.
4 tn Heb “as Moses, the Lord’s servant, commanded to bless the people, Israel, formerly.”