Joshua 1:10-18

The Command of Joshua to the People

10. the officers Or, Shoterim. The word denotes (1) literally a "writer," or "scribe;" then (2) an overseer, in whose office were combined various duties, including enrolments, orders &c., also genealogies; (3) a magistrate, prefect, leader of the people, especially, as here, the leaders, officers, of the Israelites in Egypt and in the desert. Comp. Numbers 11:16; Numbers 31:14; Numbers 31:48; Deuteronomy 1:15; Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 20:5; Deuteronomy 20:8-9; Deuteronomy 31:28. Their duties were at once civil and military.