Joshua 13:1

And Joshua was old and very advanced in years; and the Lord said to Joshua, You are advanced in + 13:1 Gr. days. years, and there is much land left to inherit.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

In Context

2And this is the land that is left: the borders of the Phylistines, the Gesirite, and the Chananite,

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Cross References

Numbers 34:2Charge the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, You⌃ are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its boundaries.

Deuteronomy 31:3The Lord your God who goes before you, he shall destroy these nations before you, and you shall inherit them: and it shall be Joshua that goes before your face, as the Lord has spoken.

Joshua 18:3And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will you⌃ be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you?

Joshua 23:1And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in + 23:1 Gr. days. years.

Joshua 24:29And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, at the age of one hundred and ten years.

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 →

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