Joshua 24:28

Wycliffe Bible

And he lefte the puple, ech man in to his possessioun.

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.

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 it semeth yuel to you, `that ye serue the Lord, chesyng is youun to you; chese ye to you to dai that, that plesith, whom ye owen most to serue; whether to goddis, whiche youre fadris serueden in Mesopotanye, whether to the goddis of Ammorreis, in whose lond ye dwellen; forsothe Y, and myn hows schulen serue the Lord. <sup>16</sup> And al the puple answeride and seide, Fer be it fro vs that we forsake the Lord, and serue alien goddis. <sup>17</sup> `Oure Lord God hym silf ledde vs and oure fadris out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hows of seruage, and dide grete signes in oure siyt; and he kepte vs in al the weie, bi which we yeden, and in alle puplis, bi whiche we passiden; and he castide out alle folkis, ¹⁸ Ammorrei, the dwellere of the lond, in to which we entriden. Therfor we schulen serue the Lord, for he is `oure Lord God. <sup>19</sup> And Josue seide to the puple, Ye moun not serue the Lord; for God is hooli, and a strong feruent louyere, and he foryyueth not youre trespassis and synnes. <sup>20</sup> If ye forsaken the Lord, and seruen alien goddis, the Lord schal turne `hym silf, and schal turment you, and schal distrie, after that he hath youe goodis to you. ²¹ And the puple seide to Josue, It schal not be so, as thou spekist, but we schulen serue the Lord. ²² And Josue seide to the puple, Ye ben witnessis, that ye han chose the Lord to you, that ye serue him. And thei answeriden, We ben witnessis. ²³ Therfor, he seide, Now do ye awei alien goddis fro the myddis of you, and bowe ye youre hertis to the Lord God of Israel. ²⁴ And the puple seide to Josue, We schulen serue `oure Lord God, and we schulen be obedient to hise heestis.

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Cross-References

Genesis 24:48
and lowliche Y worschipide the Lord, and Y blessid the Lord God of my lord Abraham, which God ledde me bi riyt weie, that Y schulde take the douytir of the brothir of my lord to his sone.

Genesis 24:55
Hir britheren and modir answerden, The damesele dwelle nameli ten daies at vs, and aftirward sche schal go forth.

Genesis 24:67
which Ysaac ledde hir in to the tabernacle of Sare, his modir, and took hir to wijf; and so myche he louede hir, that he temperide the sorewe which bifelde of the deeth of the modir.

Genesis 31:33
And so Laban entride into the tabernacle of Jacob, and of Lya, and of euer eithir meyne, and foond not; and whanne Laban hadde entrid in to the tente of Rachel,

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.