Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 24:28
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
28. let the people depart ] On the breaking up of this august assembly every man returned to the lot of his inheritance in the newly acquired and goodly Land of Promise. For the section to Jos 24:31 comp. Jdg 2:6-10. “Nothing can be conceived more impressive or more sublime than the circumstances of this last public interview of the aged Leader with the people whom he had put in possession of the goodly land of Canaan, and who had so often followed him in his victorious path. In the midst of the elders, the chiefs, and magistrates of Israel; surrounded by a respectful people, formerly bondsmen of Pharaoh, but now in possession of a rich and beautiful country, and the sole survivors of an untoward generation, their illustrious and venerable commander the oldest man in all their nation spoke to them as to his sons. And of what did he speak? He was a soldier, and his career had been essentially military; but he spoke to them, not of conquest the sound of the trumpet and the gleam of the sword cannot be recognised in his address but of the holiness and the obedience which become the people chosen of God. It is such a discourse as a patriarch might have given upon his deathbed, or a prophet might have uttered from the valley of vision.” Kitto’s Bible Illustrations, ii. 314.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 28. So Joshua] After this verse the Septuagint insert Jos 24:31.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. Dismissed them, and took his final leave and farewell of them, dying soon after; upon which they returned to the possessions and inheritances assigned by lot to the several tribes, of which they were the heads and princes.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Joshua then dismissed the people, each one to his inheritance. He had done all that was in his power to establish the people in fidelity to the Lord.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(28-31) So Joshua let the people depart . . .This passage is recited in Jdg. 2:6-9.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘ So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.’
The covenant having been confirmed and sealed Joshua sent the people home. The last phrase is significant. Each man had an inheritance to go back to. All could look to YHWH with gratitude for the land that they owned. Their entry into Canaan had been a huge success.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Perhaps, Joshua took his leave of the people in prayer, as he knew it would be his last interview, so did Moses, partly in blessing and partly in prayer, and in affectionate remembrance. Deu 28:1 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jos 24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
Ver. 28. So Joshua let the people depart. ] With their hearts full of joy at the covenant. “For they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire,” as 2Ch 15:15 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
every man. Hebrew. ‘ish. App-14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jdg 2:6