Joshua 13:1

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Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, You are old and stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Age. Josue was now 100 years old. He lived ten more, (Calmet) having governed the people in all 17. (Haydock) During the first seven years, he had performed all that could be expected from an able general, and he probably designed to conquer the whole country before he divided it. But God, who chose to leave some of the ancient inhabitants in the country, to try the fidelity of his people, ordered him to proceed to the distribution, that the different tribes might take care to exterminate those idolaters, who might be found in their territory. Lot. Hebrew, "to be possessed. "Only the country east of the Jordan was yet divided.

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Richard Challoner

AD 1781

Which is not yet divided by lot: Not yet possessed by the children of Israel.

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Richard Challoner

AD 1781

Josue was old, and far advanced in years: He was then about one hundred and one years old.-- And there is a very large country left.

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