Judges 2:6

Now, when Joshua had let the people go, the sons of Israel went their way, every man to his inheritance, to take possession of the land.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5So they called the name of that place, Bochim, and offered sacrifice there, unto Yahweh.

7And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua,—and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh which he had wrought for Israel.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:6So Joshua blessed them,—and sent them away, and they took their journey unto their homes.

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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