Joshua 24:28 (DBY)

Passage

And Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance.

Nearby Context

Joshua 24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

Joshua 24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.

Joshua 24:28 And Joshua dismissed the people, every man to his inheritance.

Joshua 24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, a hundred and ten years old.

Joshua 24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the mountain of Gaash.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "joshua", "dismissed", "people", and "inheritance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "joshua" and "dismissed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "And Joshua said unto all the people..." into verse 29's "And it came to pass after these...", so "joshua" and "dismissed" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "joshua" and "dismissed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.