“And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.”
When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went each to their own inheritance to take possession of the land. — The reference to Joshua's dismissal of the people interrupts the flow of chapter 2's theological narrative to recapitulate the transition from Joshua's leadership to tribal settlement. The verb 'dismissed' indicates intentional release from central organization, emphasizing that Joshua's death initiated fragmentation of unified command structure. The phrase 'each to their own inheritance' stresses individual tribal allocation of territory.
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