Joshua 24:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Joshua called all the family groups of Israel to meet together at Shechem. Then Joshua called the older leaders, the heads of the families, the judges, and the officers and the rulers and the judges of Israel. These men stood before God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEN JOSHUA gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders of Israel and their heads, their judges, and their officers; they presented themselves before God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Common English Bible

¹ Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders of Israel, its leaders, judges, and officers. They presented themselves before God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And Josue gathered together all the tribes of Israel in Sichem: and called for the ancients, and the princes, and the judges, and the masters. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.

Joshua 24:1 Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land of Canaan as far as the town of Shechem and then went to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanite people lived in that place at this time.

Genesis 35:4

So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had. And they gave Jacob all the rings they were wearing in their ears. Jacob buried all these things under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.

2 Kings 23:1

King Josiah told all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem to come and meet with him.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately. It was very good of you to come here. Now we are all here before God to hear everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

Deuteronomy 29:9

If you obey all the commands in this agreement, then you will continue to succeed in everything you do.

Joshua 20:7

So the people of Israel chose some cities to be called “Cities of Safety.” These cities were:

Joshua 23:2

At this time, Joshua called a meeting of all the older leaders, heads of families, judges, and officers of the people of Israel. Joshua said, “I have grown very old.

Judges 20:26

Then all the people of Israel went up to the city of Bethel. At that place they sat down and cried to the Lord. They did not eat anything all day, until evening. They also offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God. Your God saves you from all your troubles and problems. But you said, ‘No, we want a king to rule us.’ Now come, stand before the Lord in your families and family groups.”