Joshua 23:1

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Joshua 23:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

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,

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

3 “and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.

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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.

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 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.

Psalms 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.

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.

Genesis 25:8

And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

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.’