Judges 2:6

Then Joshua dismissed the people, and the sons of Israel went away, each one to his own possession, so that they might obtain it.

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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 the name of that place was called, the Place of Weeping, or the Place of Tears. And they immolated victims to the Lord in that place.

7And they served the Lord, during all his days, and during all the days of the elders, who lived for a long time after him, and who knew all the works of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:6And Joshua blessed them, and he sent them away. And they returned 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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