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.
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