Land Still to Be Taken

13 When Joshua had grown old,^(A) the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.

¹⁰ “Now then, just as the Lord promised,^(A) he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved^(B) about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!^(C)

³ The Lord your God himself will cross^(A) over ahead of you.^(B) He will destroy these nations^(C) before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross^(D) over ahead of you, as the Lord said.

⁷ But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

Buried in the Promised Land^(A)

²⁹ After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died^(B) at the age of a hundred and ten.^(C)

¹¹ Abraham and Sarah were already very old,^(A) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.^(B)

Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him.

Joshua’s Farewell to the Leaders

23 After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest^(A) from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,^{(B) 2} summoned all Israel—their elders,^(C) leaders, judges and officials^(D)—and said to them: “I am very old.^(E)