'Elders of Israel' in the Bible

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

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