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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-The background information that begins with the words "Now when Joshua" in verse 6 continues. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
-
 # during the lifetime
 
-This means the time that someone lived. Alternate translation: "during the life"
+"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.
+The men who helped lead Israel, participating in matters of social justice and maintaining the law of Moses.
 
 # outlived him
 
-This means to live longer than someone else. Alternate translation: "lived longer than he did"
+"lived longer than he did"