Joshua 24:28
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
Joshua 24:28 in other translations
| BSB | Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance. |
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| WEB | So Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance. |
| ASV | So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance. |
| YLT | And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance. |
| DARBY | And Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance. |
| BBE | Then Joshua let the people go away, every man to his heritage. |
| Webster | So Joshua let the people depart, every man to his inheritance. |
What does Joshua 24:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 24:14-28
14-28. 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. He avowed this to be his own unalterable resolution, and urged them, if they were sincere in making a similar avowal, "to put away the strange gods…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 24:15-28
It is essential that the service of God's people be performed with a willing mind. For LOVE is the only genuine principle whence all acceptable service of God can spring. The Father seeks only such to worship him, as worship him in spirit and in truth. The carnal mind of man is enmity against God, therefore, is not capable of such spiritual worship. Hence the necessity of being born again. But numbers rest in mere…
Joshua 24:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 24:28
- 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.
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Context
- Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
- Joshua 24:28
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
- Joshua 24:29
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Joshua 24:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y envió Josué al pueblo, cada uno á su heredad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Josué renvoya le peuple, chacun à son héritage. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Josua entließ das Volk, einen jeden in sein Erbteil. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dimisitque populum, singulos in possessionem suam. |