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Joshua 23:2

Joshua called for all Israel—for their elders, for their leaders, for their judges, and for their officers—and he said to them, “I am very old.

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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

1After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies that around them, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years.

3You have seen everything that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations for your sake, for it is Yahweh your God who has fought for you.

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Cross References

Joshua 13:1Now Joshua was very old when Yahweh said to him, “You are very old, but there is still very much land to capture.

1 Samuel 12:2Now, here is the king walking before you; and I am old and gray; and, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until today.

1 Kings 8:1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the families of the people of Israel, before himself in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, that is, Zion.

1 Chronicles 27:27Shimei the Ramathite was over the vineyards, and Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the grapes and the wine cellars.

Acts 20:17From Miletus he sent men to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the church.

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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