Joshua 1:10 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 1:10

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

KJV

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Commanded the officers - שטרים shoterim. These were different from the שפטים shophetim, who were judges among the people, and whose business it was to determine in all civil cases. The shoterim have been supposed to be subordinate officers, whose business it was to see the decisions of the shophetim carried into effect. Calmet conjectures that the shoterim here may have been the heralds of the army like those so often met with in Homer, who were called the messengers both of the gods and men; who bore sceptres, and whose persons were ever held sacred.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְצַ֣ו	vay.Tzav	and he commanded	H6680 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	Joshua	H3091 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שֹׁטְרֵ֥י	sho.te.Rei	[the] officers of	H7860 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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