Joshua 24:28

Contemporary English Version

Joshua sent everyone back to their homes.

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.

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.

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 But if you don't want to worship the Lord , then choose right now! Will you worship the same idols your ancestors did? Or since you're living on land that once belonged to the Amorites, maybe you'll worship their gods. I won't. My family and I are going to worship and obey the Lord ! ¹⁶ The people answered: We could never worship other gods or stop worshiping the Lord . ¹⁷ The Lord is our God. We were slaves in Egypt as our ancestors had been, but we saw the Lord work miracles to set our people free and to bring us out of Egypt. Even though other nations were all around us, the Lord protected us wherever we went. ¹⁸ And when we fought the Amorites and the other nations that lived in this land, the Lord made them run away. Yes, we will worship and obey the Lord , because the Lord is our God. ¹⁹ Joshua said: The Lord is fearsome; he is the one true God, and I don't think you are able to worship and obey him in the ways he demands. You would have to be completely faithful, and if you sin or rebel, he won't let you get away with it. ²⁰ If you turn your backs on the Lord and worship the gods of other nations, the Lord will turn against you. He will make terrible things happen to you and wipe you out, even though he had been good to you before. ²¹ But the people shouted, "We won't worship any other gods. We will worship and obey only the Lord !" ²² Joshua said, "You have heard yourselves say that you will worship and obey the Lord . Isn't that true?" "Yes, it's true," they answered. ²³ Joshua said, "But you still have some idols, like those the other nations worship. Get rid of your idols! You must decide once and for all that you really want to obey the Lord God of Israel." ²⁴ The people said, "The Lord is our God, and we will worship and obey only him."

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Cross-References

Genesis 24:48
Then I bowed my head and gave thanks to the God my master Abraham worships. The Lord had led me straight to my master's relatives, and I had found a wife for his son.

Genesis 24:55
"Let Rebekah stay with us for a week or ten days," they answered. "Then she may go."

Genesis 24:67
Isaac took Rebekah into the tent where his mother had lived before she died, and Rebekah became his wife. He loved her and was comforted over the loss of his mother.

Genesis 31:33
Laban searched the tents of Jacob, Leah, and the two servant women, but did not find the idols. Then he started for Rachel's 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.