וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל גֹּ֣שׁוּ הֵ֔נָּה וְשִׁמְע֕וּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶֽם׃
Et Josué dit aux enfants d’Israël: "Approchez, et écoutez les paroles de l’Éternel, votre Dieu."
Rashi on Joshua
Move closer. He compressed all of them between the two poles of the Ark. This is one of the places where a small space was able to hold8This was obviously a Divine miracle. a large amount [of people.]