Joshua 23:1 BSB — MannaFest

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,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;

KJV

And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

This and the next chapter contain the last addresses of Joshua. These addresses were no doubt among the closing acts of Joshua’s life, but were evidently given on different occasions, and are of different character and scope.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
מִיָּמִ֣ים	mi.ya.Mim	from days	H3117 →
רַבִּ֔ים	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →
אַ֠חֲרֵי	'A.cha.rei	after	H310 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
הֵנִ֨יחַ	he.Ni.ach	he had given rest	H5117 →
יְהוָ֧ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל	le.Yis.ra.'El	to Israel	H3478 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	from all	H3605 →
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם	'o.ye.vei.Hem	enemies their	H341 →
מִסָּבִ֑יב	mi.sa.Viv	from round about	H5439 →
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ	vi.ho.Shu.a'	and Joshua	H3091 →
זָקֵ֔ן	za.Ken	he was old	H2204 →
בָּ֖א	ba'	he had come	H935 →
בַּיָּמִֽים׃	bai.ya.Mim	in <the> days	H3117 →

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
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.
leads to
- Isaiah 2:4
  Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against…
- Micah 4:3–4
  Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take…
- Micah 5:10
  “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
Through
Genesis 25:8
And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
leads to
- Genesis 35:28–29
  And Isaac lived 180 years.
- Genesis 15:15
  You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
  He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- Genesis 49:33
  When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- Job 42:17
  And so Job died, old and full of years.