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Joshua 23:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Joshua 23:1

Verse 1 of 16

Scripture focus

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.

Joshua 23:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joshua 23:1

Theological / Devotional

A long time. See Introduction to the book of Joshua, p. 172, for a discussion of Joshua’s age. It can be estimated that he was perhaps 83 years old when the Israelites entered Canaan. If he was 5 years older than Caleb, he was 90 at the end of the conquest of the land. According to ch. 24:29 he was 110 years old when he died. If our estimate is correct, and if the events of this chapter occurred during the last year of Joshua’s life, 20 years must have passed since the Lord gave Israel rest (chs. 21:44; 22:4). This length of time permitted Joshua to observe that one of Israel’s greatest dangers lay in being corrupted by intimacy with the Canaanites.

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