Joshua 24:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joshua sent everyone back to their homes.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:20

The rest of the Israelites, including priests and Levites, lived on their own property in the other towns of Judah.

Numbers 36:7

Tribal land must not be given to another tribe—it will remain the property of the tribe that received it.

Joshua 22:6

You've become rich from what you've taken from your enemies. You have big herds of cattle, lots of silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and plenty of clothes. Take everything home with you and share it with the people of your tribe. I pray that God will be kind to you. You are now free to go home. The tribes of Reuben and Gad started back to Gilead, their own land. Moses had given the land of Bashan to the East Manasseh tribe, so they started back along with Reuben and Gad. God had told Moses that these two and a half tribes should conquer Gilead and Bashan, and they had done so. Joshua had given land west of the River Jordan to the other half of the Manasseh tribe, so they stayed at Shiloh in the land of Canaan with the rest of the Israelites.

Joshua 24:27

and told the people, “Look at this stone. It has heard everything that the LORD has said to us. Our God can call this stone as a witness if we ever reject him.”

Joshua 24:29

Not long afterwards, the LORD's servant Joshua died at the age of one hundred and ten.

Judges 2:6

Joshua had been faithful to the LORD. And after Joshua sent the Israelites to take the land they had been promised, they remained faithful to the LORD until Joshua died at the age of one hundred and ten. He was buried on his land in Timnath-Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash. Even though Joshua was gone, the Israelites were faithful to the LORD during the lifetime of those men who had been leaders with Joshua and who had seen the wonderful things the LORD had done for Israel.