Joshua 23:1-3

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 23^[a]

Joshua’s Final Discourse. ¹ Quite some time later, after the Lord had given Israel rest from all of its surrounding enemies, and when Joshua had grown old and was well advanced in years, ² Joshua summoned all of Israel including its leaders and officials, their judges and their officers, and he said to them, “I am now an old man, well advanced in years ³ and you have seen all that the Lord, your God, has done to all of these nations on your behalf, for the Lord, your God, has fought for you.