Joshua Chapter 1 verse 10 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 1:10

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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BBE Joshua 1:10

Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,
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DARBY Joshua 1:10

And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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KJV Joshua 1:10

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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WBT Joshua 1:10

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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WEB Joshua 1:10

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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YLT Joshua 1:10

And Joshua commandeth the authorities of the people, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. ? Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people. The Shoterim, a term derived from the same root as an Arabic word signifying "to write." Different ideas have been entertained of their duties. Keil, Jahn (Hebrew Commonwealth), and others believe that they were genealogists; but it seems more probable that their original duties were to keep processes and minutes, and that, like our Indian "writers" and the "Master of the Rolls" at home, they exercised some kind of judicial functions, with which, moreover, active duties were sometimes combined. The idea that they were genealogists is contrary, as Gesenius shows, to the context in many places. Thus in Exodus 5:6-19, they seem to have had to see that the specified tale of bricks was delivered up; and we know from the recently deciphered Egyptian inscriptions that very accurate registers of such matters were kept. In Deuteronomy 1:16 (cf. Deuteronomy 16:18; Joshua 8:33; Joshua 23:2; Joshua 24:1, etc.) they appear to have exercised judicial functions in connection with the "princes" (not "captains," as in our version, which would lead to the idea that they were military officers). In Numbers 11:16 they are connected with the elders. In 1 Chronicles 26:29 they seem again to have exercised judicial functions, whereas in 2 Chronicles 26:11 their duty appears to have been to keep the muster rolls. In Proverbs 6:7 we find them once more with active duties as in the text. The LXX. equivalent; γραμματεύς, is rendered in Acts 19:35 by "town clerk," an officer with active as well as merely secretarial duties. Here they seem to have acted as officers of the commissariat, civil and military functions being naturally largely interchangeable in the then condition of the Israelitish people, just as they were in the early days of our Indian empire.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersJOSHUA'S FIRST ORDERS (Joshua 1:10-15).(10) Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people.--Joshua's first orders to the people were to prepare for the passage of Jordan within three days. We may compare this event, in its relation to Joshua, with the giving of the law from Sinai to Moses. Both were preceded by a three days' notice and a sanctification of the people. Both were means employed by God to establish the leaders whom He had chosen in the position which He designed for them. (Comp. Exodus 19:9; Exodus 19:11 with Joshua 1:11; Joshua 3:7; Joshua 4:14.) . . .