Joshua 24:28

Bishop's Bible

And so Iosuah let the people depart, euery man vnto his inheritaunce.

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.

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.

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And yf it seeme euyll vnto you to serue the Lorde, then chose you this day who you wil serue, whether ye goddes which your fathers serued (that were on the other side of the fludde) either ye goddes of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: As for me and my house, we wil serue the Lorde. ¹⁶ The people aunswered and sayd: God forbyd, that we should forsake the Lord, and serue straunge goddes. ¹⁷ For the Lorde our God, he it is that brought vs & our fathers out of the land of Egypt, & from the house of bondage, and whiche did those great miracles in our sight, and preserued vs in al the way that we went, and among al the people which we came thorowe. ¹⁸ And the Lord did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites whiche dwelt in the lande: And therfore wil we also serue the Lord, for he is our God. ¹⁹ And Iosuah sayde vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lord: for he is an holy God, and a ielous God, and cannot beare your iniquite and sinne. ²⁰ Yf ye forsake the Lorde and serue straunge goddes, he will turne and do you euill, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. ²¹ And the people sayde vnto Iosuah: Nay, but we will serue the Lorde. ²² And Iosuah sayde vnto the people: Ye are witnesses against your selues, that ye haue chosen you the Lorde to serue him. And they sayde: we are witnesses. ²³ Then put away [sayde he] the strauge goddes whiche are among you, & bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel. ²⁴ The people sayde vnto Iosuah: The Lorde our God will we serue, and his voyce will we obey.

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Cross-References

Genesis 24:48
And I bowed my selfe, and worshipped the Lorde, and blessed the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche had brought me the ryght way, to take my maisters brothers daughter vnto his sonne.

Genesis 24:55
Her brother and her mother aunswered: let the damsell abyde with vs, and it be but euen ten dayes, and then shall she go.

Genesis 24:67
And Isahac brought her into his mother Saraes tent, and toke Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loued her: and so Isahac receaued comfort after his mother.

Genesis 31:33
Then went Laban into Iacobs tent, and into Leas tent, and into the two maydseruaunts tentes: but found them not. Then went he out of Leas tent, and entred into Rachels tent:

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.