What Does Joshua 24:1 Mean?

“gathered”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

“And Joshua”

jehoshua (i.e., joshua), the jewish leader

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the tribes”

a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“to Shechem”

shekem, a place in palestine

“and called”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

“for the elders”

old

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“and for their heads”

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

“and for their judges”

to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal

“and for their officers”

properly, a scribe, i.e., (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate

“and they presented”

to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue

“themselves before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of