Joshua 24:1 (LSB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Joshua 24:1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Joshua 24:2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:3 Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "joshua", "gathered", "tribes", "israel", "shechem", and "elders". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "joshua", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And Joshua said to all the people...", so "called" and "joshua" should be read forward into that movement. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "joshua" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.