Joshua 23:2

he summoned all Israel, their elders, their leaders, their judges, and their officers. “I am an old man,” he said, “well advanced in years.

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And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

In Context

1A long time afterwards, when the Lord had given Israel rest from all its surrounding enemies, and when Joshua was old, far advanced in years,

3You have seen all that the Lord your God has done for your sake to all these nations. It is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

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Cross References

Joshua 13:1When Joshua was old, well advanced in years, the Lord said to him, “You are old, well advanced in years, and yet much land still remains to be occupied.

Acts 20:17From Miletus, however, he sent to Ephesus and invited the church elders to meet him;

Matthew Henry on Joshua 23:2-11

Joshua's Charge to Israel. ( b. c. 1427.) 1 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. 2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: 3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought… Read the whole commentary →

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