# Connecting Statement:

The background information that begins with the words "Now when Joshua" in verse 6 continues. (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"