All the days.. the elders] The generation old enough to realise and remember the events recorded in this book. These words must not be pressed too rigidly. They assure. us that Joshua's inspiring influence was felt up to, and even after, his death. But the next generation (Judges 2:10) fell away. A grandson of Moses and contemporary of Phinehas (cp. Judges 20:28) took a leading part in Danite idolatry (Judges 18:30 RV).

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