OLD TESTAMENT

Joshua 1:10

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Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

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Verse 10. Princes. Shoterim may denote both judges and heralds, such as those mentioned in Homer, the messengers of gods and men, whose persons were deemed sacred. They bore a wand or sceptre, as a mark of their authority.

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