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Judges 2:6

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¶ And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
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  1. Joshua 24:28–31Rank 1 from verse 6
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    28So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

    29¶ And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

    30And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

    31And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.

  2. Joshua 22:6Rank 2 from verse 6
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    6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.

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Judges 2:6

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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inheritance

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A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

6¶ And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

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7And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.

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