And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
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Gill's Exposition
And Joshua called for all Israel,.... Summoned them together, whether at Timnathserah, his own city, he being old and infirm, and not able to go elsewhere; or whether at Shechem, where it is plain…
Barnes' Notes
All Israel, and for their elders - Omit “and,” which is not in the Hebrew. The meaning is that Joshua summoned to him all Israel as represented by its elders, etc. Deu 1:15. This gathering probably…
Adam Clarke
Joshua called for all Israel - There are four degrees of civil distinction mentioned here:
1. זקנים zekenim, the elders or senate, the Princes of the tribes.
2. ראשים rashim or rashey aboth, the…
Cambridge Bible
called for all Israel Where we are not told. But perhaps at Timnath-serah (Jos 19:50), or possibly at Shiloh. On the occasion of his second farewell discourse the tribes were convened at Shechem (Jos…
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