Joshua 13:1

Joshua 13:1 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)When Joshua had grown old, the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Joshua was old, advanced in years. And the Lord said to him: “You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be possessed.

Context of Joshua 13:1

Joshua had become a very old man. The Lord said to him, ‘You are now very old. There is still a lot of land that you have not yet taken. 2This is the land left for you to take: All the land of the Philistines and the Geshurites. 3Their land goes from the Shihor river on the east side of Egypt, to the border of Ekron's land. That part belongs to the Canaanites. The land of the Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. There is also the land of the Avvites in the south.

Joshua 13:1 word by word

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א בַּיָּמִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו אַתָּ֤ה זָקַ֙נְתָּה֙ בָּ֣אתָ בַיָּמִ֔ים וְהָאָ֛רֶץ נִשְׁאֲרָ֥ה הַרְבֵּֽה־מְאֹ֖ד לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• was oldזָקֵןzâqên · be oldH2204
• strickenבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): advancedH935
• in yearsיוֹםyôm · day: yearH3117
• and the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• and there remainethשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• yet veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• muchרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• to be possessedיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423

Cross-references for Joshua 13:1

• Isaiah 47:1‘Babylon, get down on the ground, and sit in the dirt! Come down off your throne, young lady! In the past, nobody has touched you, but people will no longer say that you are so pretty.
• Joshua 14:10The Lord has kept me alive for 45 years since Moses said this. During that time, the Israelites were travelling in the desert. Now I am 85 years old.
• Joshua 23:1Joshua became very old. The Lord had let the Israelite people live safely for many years. The other nations who lived near them did not attack them.
• Joshua 24:29After this, the Lord's servant, Joshua, son of Nun, died at the age of 110.
• Genesis 18:11Abraham and Sarah were now very old. Sarah was past the age when she could give birth to a child.
• 1 Kings 1:1King David was now a very old man. He could not stay warm, even when people put blankets over him.
• Luke 1:7But they had no children. Elizabeth could not give birth and they were both getting old.
• Deuteronomy 31:3But the Lord your God himself will go across the river in front of you. He will destroy the nations who live in that land. Then you will live there instead of them. Joshua will lead you across the river, as the Lord has said.

Commentaries on Joshua 13:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Joshua was old - He is generally reputed to have been at this time about a hundred years of age: he had spent about seven years in the conquest of the land, and is supposed to have employed about one year in dividing it; and he died about ten years after, aged one hundred and ten years. It is very likely that he intended to subdue the whole land before he made the division of it among the tribes; but God did not think proper to have this done. So…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Joshua 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 Joshua 11:23).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Bounds of the land not yet conquered. (1-6) Inheritance of Reuben. (7-33) Verses 1-6 At this chapter begins the account of the dividing of the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel by lot; a narrative showing the performance of the promise made to the fathers, that this land should be given to the seed of Jacob. We are not to pass over these chapters of hard names as useless. Where God has a mouth to speak, and a hand to write, we should find an ear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7Israel did not conquer all of Canaan during Joshua's lifetime. The areas not conquered, mostly in the valleys and plains, were the places most populated. Several generations passed before Israel was strong enough to control these regions and their people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331. 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). The distribution, as well as the conquest of the land, was included in the mission of Joshua; and his advanced age supplied a special reason for entering on the immediate discharge of that duty; namely, of allocating Canaan…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Joshua
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• Joshua, Book of
• Palestine Exploration
• Year

Commentaries on Joshua 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings