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Joshua 13:1

Joshua
Old age
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.

2 This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years. The LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.
ASV
Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
DARBY
And Joshua was old, advanced in age, and Jehovah said to him, Thou art old, advanced in age, and there remaineth yet very much land to take possession of.
BLB
And Joshua was old, advanced in years, and YHWH said to him, “You are old, advanced in years, and very much of the land remains to be possessed.
ÅB
Da Josva var blitt gammel og kommet langt ut i årene, sa Herren til ham: Nå er du blitt gammel og kommet langt ut i årene, men enda står det en meget stor del av landet igjen som skal inntas.
OTB
Josva var nå gammel og langt oppe i årene da Herren sa til ham: «Du er gammel og langt oppe i årene, og det gjenstår en betydelig del av landet som skal tas i eie.
B1930
Da Josva var blitt gammel og kommet langt ut i årene, sa Herren til ham: Nu er du blitt gammel og kommet langt ut i årene, men ennu står det en meget stor del av landet igjen som skal inntas.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 14:10

    Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,

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  • Deuteronomy 31:3

    The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

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  • Joshua 24:29

    Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

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  • Genesis 18:11

    And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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  • Joshua 23:1–2

    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,

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  • Luke 1:7

    But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

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  • 1 Kings 1:1

    Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.

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