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# Connecting Statement:
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The background information that begins with the words "Now when Joshua" in verse 6 continues. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing_background]])
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# during the lifetime
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This means the time that someone lived. Alternate translation: "during the life"
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# 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
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This means to live longer than someone else. Alternate translation: "lived longer than he did"
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