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Judges 2:5-7
New English Translation
Judges 2:5-7
New English Translation
5 They named that place Bokim[a] and offered sacrifices to the Lord there.
The End of an Era
6 When Joshua dismissed[b] the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory,[c] intending to take possession of the land. 7 The people worshiped[d] the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men[e] who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed[f] all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.[g]
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- Judges 2:5 sn Bokim means “weeping ones” and is derived from the Hebrew verb בָּכָא (bakhaʾ, “to weep”).
- Judges 2:6 tn Or “sent away.”
- Judges 2:6 tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”
- Judges 2:7 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
- Judges 2:7 tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”
- Judges 2:7 tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”
- Judges 2:7 tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”
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