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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/translate/writing_background]])
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 # when Joshua ... died at the age of 110 years old
 
 The events of 1:1-2:5 happened after Joshua died. This is recounting events that happened at the end of the book of Joshua.