Joshua 24:28

THE MESSAGE

Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his own place of inheritance.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

Hebrew Names Version
So Yehoshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

King James Version
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

Lexham English Bible
Then Joshua sent the people away to their inheritance.

English Standard Version
So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

New Century Version
Then Joshua sent the people back to their land.

New English Translation
When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land.

Amplified Bible
Then Joshua sent the people away, each to [the territory of] his inheritance.

New American Standard Bible
Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioshua let the people depart, euery man vnto his inheritance.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.

Contemporary English Version
Joshua sent everyone back to their homes.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Y'hoshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

Darby Translation
And Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Joshua told the people to go home. So everyone went back to his own land.

George Lamsa Translation
And after Joshua had charged the people, he sent them away, every man to his inheritance.

Good News Translation
Then Joshua sent the people away, and everyone returned to their own part of the land.

Literal Translation
And Joshua sent the people away, each to his inheritance.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Iosua let the people go euery one to his enheritauce.

American Standard Version
So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

Bible in Basic English
Then Joshua let the people go away, every man to his heritage.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Iosuah let the people depart, euery man vnto his inheritaunce.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

King James Version (1611)
So Ioshua let the people depart, euery man vnto his inheritance.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.

English Revised Version
So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he lefte the puple, ech man in to his possessioun.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance.

Update Bible Version
So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Joshua let the people depart, every man to his inheritance.

World English Bible
So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

New King James Version
So Joshua let the people depart, each to his own inheritance.

New Living Translation
Then Joshua sent all the people away to their own homelands.

New Life Bible
Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own land.

New Revised Standard
So Joshua sent the people away to their inheritances.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sent the people away every one to their own possession,

Revised Standard Version
So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ "If you decide that it's a bad thing to worship God , then choose a god you'd rather serve—and do it today. Choose one of the gods your ancestors worshiped from the country beyond The River, or one of the gods of the Amorites, on whose land you're now living. As for me and my family, we'll worship God ." ¹⁶ The people answered, "We'd never forsake God ! Never! We'd never leave God to worship other gods. ¹⁷" God is our God! He brought up our ancestors from Egypt and from slave conditions. He did all those great signs while we watched. He has kept his eye on us all along the roads we've traveled and among the nations we've passed through. Just for us he drove out all the nations, Amorites and all, who lived in the land. "Count us in: We too are going to worship God . He's our God." ¹⁹Then Joshua told the people: "You can't do it; you're not able to worship God . He is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He won't put up with your fooling around and sinning. When you leave God and take up the worship of foreign gods, he'll turn right around and come down on you hard. He'll put an end to you—and after all the good he has done for you!" ²¹ But the people told Joshua: "No! No! We worship God !" ²² And so Joshua addressed the people: "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen God for yourselves—to worship him." And they said, "We are witnesses." ²³ Joshua said, "Now get rid of all the foreign gods you have with you. Say an unqualified Yes to God , the God of Israel." ²⁴ The people answered Joshua, "We will worship God . What he says, we'll do." ²⁵Joshua completed a Covenant for the people that day there at Shechem. He made it official, spelling it out in detail. Joshua wrote out all the directions and regulations into the Book of The Revelation of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up under the oak that was in the holy place of God . ²⁷ Joshua spoke to all the people: "This stone is a witness against us. It has heard every word that God has said to us. It is a standing witness against you lest you cheat on your God."

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Cross-References

Genesis 24:55
Her brother and mother said, "Let the girl stay a while, say another ten days, and then go."

Genesis 31:33
Laban went through Jacob's tent, Leah's tent, and the tents of the two maids but didn't find them. He went from Leah's tent to Rachel's. But Rachel had taken the household gods, put them inside a camel cushion, and was sitting on them. When Laban had gone through the tent, searching high and low without finding a thing, Rachel said to her father, "Don't think I'm being disrespectful, my master, that I can't stand before you, but I'm having my period." So even though he turned the place upside down in his search, he didn't find the household gods.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. So Joshua — After this verse the Septuagint insert Joshua 24:31.