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Jos 23:1 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the LORD		Jos 11:23; Jos 21:44; Jos 22:4; Psa 46:9
waxed old		Jos 13:1; Gen 25:8; Deu 31:2
stricken in age		Heb. come into days.

Correlating Passages

the LORD

	Jos 11:23	So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
	Jos 21:44	And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
	Jos 22:4	And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, [and] unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
	Psa 46:9	He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

waxed old

	Jos 13:1	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.
	Gen 25:8	Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.
	Deu 31:2	And he said unto them, I [am] an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 23:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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