KJV King James Version
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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Judges 2:6
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
WEB World English Bible
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
ASV American Standard Version
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;
Surrounding context — Judges 2
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD.
6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.
9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְשַׁלַּ֥חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעָ֑םH5971 · ampeopleוַיֵּלְכ֧וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanלְנַחֲלָת֖וֹH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceלָרֶ֥שֶׁתH3423 · ya.rashto possess: possessאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
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