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 2:8 Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten. 2:9 The people 7 buried him in his allotted land 8 in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 2:10 That entire generation passed away; 9 a new generation grew up 10 that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. 11
1 tn Or “sent away.”
2 tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”
3 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
4 tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”
5 tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”
6 tn Heb “the great work of the
7 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”
9 tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”
10 tn Heb “arose after them.”
11 tn Heb “that did not know the