Judges 2:6 KJV — MannaFest

And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

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ASV

Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

WEB

After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.

YLT

And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;

DBT

And Joshua dismissed the people, and the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.

About this book

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Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Joshua 24:28–31
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
Joshua 22:6
So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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): He sent them away, not only every tribe, but every man to his inheritance, no doubt giving them his blessing. Of their continuance in the faith and fear of God's holy name as long as Joshua lived,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It was inserted here to give the reader the reasons which called forth so strong and severe a rebuke from the angel of the Lord. During the lifetime of the first occupiers, who retained a vivid recollection of all the miracles and judgments which they had witnessed in Egypt and the desert, the national character stood high for faith and piety.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Let the people go - When he had distributed their inheritances, and dismissed them severally to take possession of them. This was done before this time, whilst Joshua lived; but is now repeated to discover the time, and occasion of the peoples defection from God, and of God's desertion of them.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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