Joshua 13:1
The Lord Speaks to Joshua When Joshua was very old, the LORD told him,“You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.
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Referenced Verses
- Josh 14:10 : 10 So now, look, the LORD has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the LORD spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old.
- Deut 31:3 : 3 As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.
- Gen 18:11 : 11 Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.)
- Josh 23:1-2 : 1 Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old. 2 So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them:“I am very old.
- Josh 24:29 : 29 An Era Ends After all this Joshua son of Nun, the LORD’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.
- 1 Kgs 1:1 : 1 ¶ Adonijah Tries to Seize the Throne King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm.
- Luke 1:7 : 7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
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1Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.
2So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them:“I am very old.
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2This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,
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2seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.
3So Joshua said to the Israelites:“How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the LORD God of your ancestors has given you?
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11“Go through the camp and command the people,‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to you.’”
12Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
13“Remember what Moses the LORD’s servant commanded you. The LORD your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you.
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28Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”
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7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.
- Deut 31:2-32 verses76%
2He said to them,“Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the LORD has said to me,‘You will not cross the Jordan.’
3As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.
- Deut 1:38-392 verses76%
38However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
39Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it.
- Josh 1:1-22 verses76%
1¶ The Lord Commissions Joshua After Moses the LORD’s servant died, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:
2“Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.
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23Joshua conquered the whole land, just as the LORD had promised Moses, and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. Then the land was free of war.
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7The people worshiped the LORD throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
8Joshua son of Nun, the LORD’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.
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15until the LORD gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the LORD’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.”
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23and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”
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15The LORD told Joshua,
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31For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the LORD your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.
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1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,
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22So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land.
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6Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.
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1Judah’s Tribal Lands The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.
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1Israel Designates Cities of Refuge The LORD instructed Joshua:
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21I also commanded Joshua at the same time,“You have seen everything the LORD your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going.
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29An Era Ends After all this Joshua son of Nun, the LORD’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.
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14The Commissioning of Joshua Then the LORD said to Moses,“The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
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1Theological Justification of the Conquest Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.
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15Moses the LORD’s servant passed on the LORD’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the LORD had given Moses.
16A Summary of Israel’s Victories Joshua conquered the whole land, including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the foothills, the rift valley, the hill country of Israel and its foothills,
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49Joshua Receives Land When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land.
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8The Abundance of the Land of Promise Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,
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8Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”
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2The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.
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51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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18Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes At that time I instructed you as follows:“The LORD your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.