Joshua 24:28

28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.

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Joshua 24:28 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
English Standard Version (ESV)
28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
New Living Translation (NLT)
28 Then Joshua sent all the people away to their own homelands.
The Message Bible (MSG)
28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his own place of inheritance.
American Standard Version (ASV)
28 So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
28 Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own property.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
28 Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
28 Joshua sent the people away. He sent all of them to their own shares of land.

Joshua 24:28 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 24:28

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.

Joshua 24:28 In-Context

26 And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the LORD.
27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”
28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.
29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.
30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Judges 21:23,24
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