Joshua 24:28

Then Joshua let the people go away, every man to his heritage.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

In Context

27And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

29Now after these things, the death of Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, took place, he being then a hundred and ten years old.

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Cross References

Numbers 36:9And no property will be handed from one tribe to another, but every tribe of the children of Israel will keep its heritage.

Judges 2:6And Joshua let the people go away, and the children of Israel went, every man to his heritage, to take the land for themselves.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 24:16-29

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord . 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord , to serve other gods; 17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which… Read the whole commentary →

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