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Connecting Statement:
The background information that begins with the words "Now when Joshua" in verse 6. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate:writing_background)
during the lifetime
This means the time that someone lived. Alternate translation: "during the life"
the elders
Here this means the men who helped lead Israel, participating in matters of social justice and in religious matters such as maintaining the law of Moses.
outlived him
This means to live longer than someone else. Alternate translation: "lived longer than he did"