Joshua 13:1 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Joshua is bidden to allot the whole of the promised land among the twelve tribes in faith that God would perfect in due time that expulsion of the Canaanites which Joshua himself could not carry further (see Jos 11:23).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is said that Joshua was old and stricken in years, and he and Caleb were at this time the only old men among the thousands of Israel, none except them of all those who were numbered at Mount Sinai being now alive.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Now Joshua was old and stricken in years--He was probably above a hundred years old; for the conquest and survey of the land occupied about seven years, the partition one; and he died at the age of one hundred ten years (Jos 24:29).

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ	vi.ho.Shu.a'	and Joshua	H3091 →
זָקֵ֔ן	za.Ken	he was old	H2204 →
בָּ֖א	ba'	he had come	H935 →
בַּיָּמִ֑ים	bai.ya.Mim	in <the> days	H3117 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֜ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵלָ֗יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
אַתָּ֤ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
זָקַ֙נְתָּה֙	za.Kan.tah	you are old	H2204 →
בָּ֣אתָ	Ba.ta	you have come	H935 →
בַיָּמִ֔ים	vai.ya.Mim	in <the> days	H3117 →
וְהָאָ֛רֶץ	ve.ha.'A.retz	and the land	H776 →
נִשְׁאֲרָ֥ה	nish.'a.Rah	it remains	H7604 →
הַרְבֵּֽה־	har.beh-	much	H7235 →
מְאֹ֖ד	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃	le.rish.Tah	to take possession of it	H3423 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:3
  But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate…
- Deuteronomy 31:23
  Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with…
- Deuteronomy 3:28
  But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”
Through
Luke 1:7
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:11
  By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
- Genesis 18:11
  And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Genesis 25:21
  Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- 1 Samuel 1:2
  He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
Through
Joshua 24:29
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
leads to
- Judges 2:8
  And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Joshua

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Joshua