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Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
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A Narrative Reset
Commentators explain that this verse is not a direct continuation from the previous one. Instead, it's a deliberate flashback, repeating a passage from the end of the book of Joshua. The author is resetting the scene to the time of Joshua's leadership to provide context for the decline that follows.
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19th Century
Anglican
When Joshua had let the people go. —Rather, And Joshua let the people go. This passage strongly tends to support…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when Joshua had let the people go This is not to be connected with what goes before, as if that was done in Josh…
Presbyterian
We have a general idea of the course of events in Israel during the time of the Judges. The nation made themselves as wretched and miserable by for…
