Joshua 24:28
in Joshua 24Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
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ASV
So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
KJV
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
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This verse in Joshua 24
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then Joshua sent the people away
on Joshua 24:28-30
Every earlier servant of the LORD, from Deuteronomy 34:5 through Joshua 22:5, is Moses, and the title comes to Joshua here and at Judges 2:8. He dies at 110, Joseph's age at Genesis 50:26, the only two men given it, and lies in Timnath-serah, which he asked for at 19:50.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. This book, which began with triumphs, here ends with funerals, by which all the glory of man is stained.
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So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. Dismissed them, and took his final leave and farewell of them, dying soon after; upon which they returned to the possessions and inheritances assigned by lot to the several tribes, of which they were the heads and princes.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth--After having enumerated so many grounds for national gratitude, Joshua calls on them to declare, in a public and solemn manner, whether they will be faithful and obedient to the God of Israel.
So Joshua - After this verse the Septuagint insert Jos 24:31.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח | vayshalach | and he sent away | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | everyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ פ | lenachalato | to own inheritance his | H5159 → | 222 times |
וַיְשַׁלַּ֤חand he sent away
vayshalachH7971 →845 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙Joshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
אִ֖ישׁeveryone
ʾishH376 →1663 times
לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ פto own inheritance his
lenachalatoH5159 →222 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 2:6After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
it leads to
- Joshua 24:28–31
Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
- Joshua 22:6
So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
- Joshua 24:28–31
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.