Judges 2:6

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

In Context

5And they gave that place the name of Bochim, and made offerings there to the Lord.

7And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men who were still living after the death of Joshua, and had seen all the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:6Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.

Matthew Henry on Judges 2:2-6

An Angel Rebukes the Israelites. ( b. c. 1425.) 1 And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? 3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as… Read the whole commentary →

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