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# How long will you put off ... has given you?
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Joshua asks this question in order to encourage the Israelites to take possession of the land. AT: "For long enough, you have put off ... has given you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# the land up and down
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The words "up and down" mean in every direction. AT: "the land in every direction" or "throughout the land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# write out a description of it with a view to their inheritances
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This means that they will describe the portions of land that each tribe would like to receive for an inheritance.
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# their inheritances
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The land that they are to survey is spoken of as if it were an inheritance that each of the tribes would receive as a permanent possession. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/joshua]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]] |