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The people worshiped[a] the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men[b] who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed[c] all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.[d] Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of 110. The people[e] buried him in his allotted land[f] in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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  1. Judges 2:7 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
  2. Judges 2:7 tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”
  3. Judges 2:7 tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”
  4. Judges 2:7 tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”
  5. Judges 2:9 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Judges 2:9 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”

The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.(A)

Joshua son of Nun,(B) the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres[a](C) in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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  1. Judges 2:9 Also known as Timnath Serah (see Joshua 19:50 and 24:30)