Hakim-hakim 2:6-7

The End of an Era

2:6 When Joshua dismissed ¹  the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, ²  intending to take possession of the land. 2:7 The people worshiped ³  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men ⁴  who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed ⁵  all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 2:21

2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “sent away.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”