Joshua 24:28

Joshua 24:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joshua let the people depart, each to his own inheritance.

Context of Joshua 24:28

26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 27Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the Lord which He spoke to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God.” Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance. 29It came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old. 30And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash.

Joshua 24:28 word by word

וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

• Then Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• dismissedשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• to his inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159

Cross-references for Joshua 24:28

• Judges 2:6When Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel went each to his inheritance to possess the land.

Commentaries on Joshua 24:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28So Joshua - After this verse the Septuagint insert Joshua 24:31.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 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 forms, as tasks imposed upon…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-2814-28. 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 that were among them"--a requirement…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 24:28

• Covenant
• Shechem

In the dictionaries

• Joshua
• Serve
• Apostasy; Apostate
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Joshua, Book of
• Judges, Book of

Commentaries on Joshua 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings