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Joshua 13:1

Joshua 13:1 is verse 1 of Joshua chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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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.

World English Bible

Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years. Yahweh said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.

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Joshua 13:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

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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Hebrew words

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַand Joshua זָקֵ֔ןhe was old בָּ֖אhe had come בַּיָּמִ֑יםin <the> days וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said יְהוָ֜הYahweh אֵלָ֗יוto him אַתָּ֤הyou זָקַ֙נְתָּה֙you are old בָּ֣אתָyou have come בַיָּמִ֔יםin <the> days וְהָאָ֛רֶץand the land נִשְׁאֲרָ֥הit remains הַרְבֵּֽהmuch מְאֹ֖דvery לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּto take possession of it

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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,

Joshua 23:1
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,

Joshua 23:2
he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

Joshua 24:29
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

Genesis 18:11
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

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.

Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

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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