Joshua 13:1
Many years had passed by, and Joshua had grown old. The Lord spoke to him, saying, “You're now an old man, but there's still a great deal of land still to be taken.
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2This is the remaining land: the territory of all the Philistines and all the Geshurites,
Cross References
Numbers 34:2“Give this command to the Israelites: When you enter the country of Canaan, it will be allocated to you to own with the following boundaries:
Deuteronomy 31:3The Lord your God himself is going to lead you across. He will destroy these nations as you advance, and you will take over their land. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the Lord said.
Joshua 18:3So Joshua asked the Israelites, “How long will you go on being reluctant to go and take possession of the land that the Lord gave your forefathers?
Joshua 23:1A long time later, after the Lord had given peace to the Israelites from conflict with their enemies around them, Joshua, by now really old,
Joshua 24:29Later, after all this, Joshua, son of Nun, servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.
Luke 1:7They had no children because Elizabeth wasn't able to have any, and they were both growing old.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 13:1
At this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot, a narrative not so entertaining and instructive as that of the conquest of it, and yet it is thought fit to be inserted in the sacred history, to illustrate the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land should be given to the seed of Jacob, to them and not to any other. The preserving of this distribution would be of great use to the Jewish nation, who were obliged by the law to keep up… Read the whole commentary →