Joshua 23:1

Translations

Modern

A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

Traditional

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.

Literal

And it came to pass a long time after when YHWH had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua was old; he had entered into days.

Latin

Evoluto autem multo tempore, postquam pacem dederat Dominus Israëli, subjectis in gyro nationibus universis, et Josue jam longævo, et persenilis ætatis,

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English

A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

Notes

Joshua 23:1–11

Joshua strongly encouraged Israel’s leaders to be faithful.

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Joshua 13:1
Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.
Joshua 21:44
And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Psalm 46:9
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Deuteronomy 31:2
…he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
Joshua 22:4
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
Genesis 25:8
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Glossary

Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of King Rest Tribe of Dan

Topics

Israel: Joshua's Exhortation Immediately Before his Death Joshua: Also Called Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea: Exhortation of, Before his Death

Joshua 23:1

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