Josh 1:10

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the officers of the people.

The {shoterim,} or officers, were different from the {shophetim,} who were the judges among the people.

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.

Josh 1:10