Joshua 4:4

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

Joshua 5:9

5:9 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away ¹  the disgrace ²  of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal ³  even to this day.

Joshua 9:22

9:22 ⁴ Joshua summoned the Gibeonites ⁵  and said to them, “Why did you trick ⁶  us by saying, ‘We live far away from you,’ when you really live nearby? ⁷ 

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 24:9

24:9 Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack ⁸  against Israel. He summoned ⁹  Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment ¹⁰  on you.

¹ tn Heb “rolled away.”

² sn One might take the disgrace of Egypt as a reference to their uncircumcised condition (see Gen 34:14), but the generation that left Egypt was circumcised (see v. 5). It more likely refers to the disgrace they experienced in Egyptian slavery. When this new generation reached the promised land and renewed their covenantal commitment to the Lord by submitting to the rite of circumcision, the Lord’s deliverance of his people from slavery, which had begun with the plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, reached its climax. See T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 59.

³ sn The name Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew verb “roll away” (גַּלַל, galal).

¹ sn Verses 22-27 appear to elaborate on v. 21b.

² tn Heb “them.”

³ tn Or “deceive.”

⁴ tn Heb “live in our midst?”

¹ tn Heb “arose and fought.”

² tn Heb “sent and called.”

³ tn Or “to curse.”