Joshua 24:28

Easy-to-Read Version

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

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.

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 maybe you don't want to serve the Lord . You must choose for yourselves today. Today you must decide who you will serve. Will you serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River? Or will you serve the gods of the Amorites who lived in this land? You must choose for yourselves. But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord ." ¹⁶ Then the people answered, "We will never stop following the Lord . We will never serve other gods! ¹⁷ We know that it was the Lord God who brought our people out of Egypt. We were slaves in that land, but he did great things for us there. He brought us out of that land and protected us while we traveled through other lands. ¹⁸ The Lord helped us defeat the people living in these lands. He helped us defeat the Amorites who lived in this land where we are now. So we will continue to serve the Lord , because he is our God." ¹⁹ Then Joshua said, "You will not be able to continue serving the Lord . God is holy. And God hates his people worshiping other gods. He will not forgive you if you turn against him like that. ²⁰ If you leave the Lord and serve other gods, he will cause terrible things to happen to you. He will destroy you. He has been good to you, but if you turn against him he will destroy you." ²¹ Then the people said to Joshua, "No, we will serve the Lord !" ²² Then Joshua said, "Look around at yourselves and the people with you. Do you all know and agree that you have chosen to serve the Lord ? Are you all witnesses to this?" The people answered, "Yes, it is true. We all see that we have chosen to serve the Lord ." ²³ Then Joshua said, "So throw away the false gods that you have among you. Love the Lord , the God of Israel, with all your heart." ²⁴ Then the people said to Joshua, "We will serve the Lord our God. We will obey him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judges 2:6

Cross-References

Genesis 24:48
I bowed my head and worshiped the Lord . I praised the Lord , the God of my master Abraham. I thanked him for leading me straight to the granddaughter of my master's brother.

Genesis 24:55
Rebekah's mother and her brother said, "Let Rebekah stay with us for a short time. Let her stay with us ten days. After that she can go."

Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought the girl into his mother's tent. Rebekah became his wife that day. Isaac loved her very much. So he was comforted after his mother's death.

Genesis 31:33
So Laban went and looked through Jacob's camp. He looked in Jacob's tent and then in Leah's tent. Then he looked in the tent where the two slave women stayed, but he did not find the gods from his house. Then he went into 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.