Joshua 13:1

Joshua was eld and of great age; and the Lord said to him, Thou hast waxed eld, and art of long time; and the most large land is left, that is not yet parted by lot, (or and much of the land is left, that hath not yet been taken);

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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

2that is, all the terms of Philistines, and all Geshuri, (that is, all the land of the Philistines, and of the Geshurites,)

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Cross References

Numbers 34:2Command thou to the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When ye have entered into the land of Canaan, and it befall into possession to you by lot, it shall be ended by these ends. (Command thou to the Israelites, and thou shalt say to them, When ye have entered into the land of Canaan, and it become your possession by lot, it shall have these borders.)

Deuteronomy 31:3Therefore thy Lord God shall pass before thee (or And so the Lord thy God shall cross over before thee); he shall do away these folks in thy sight, and thou shalt wield them; and this Joshua shall go before thee, (in the lead), as the Lord spake.

Joshua 18:3To the which Joshua said, How long fade ye, or wallow through sloth, and enter not to wield the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given to you?

Joshua 23:1And when much time was passed after that the Lord had given peace to Israel, and when all nations about were subjected (or and when all the nations about were made subject to them); and when Joshua was now of long life, and of full eld age,

Joshua 24:29And after these things Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, an hundred years eld and ten (or and he was a hundred and ten years old).

Luke 1:7And they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren, and both were of great age [or had gone far] in their days.

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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