Judges
Dividing the land
Dividing the land is dated ≈ 1400 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1445 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Joshua 13:1–14:10. Joshua is part of it.
Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- ≈ 1400 BC (placed between the dated events around it)
- Traditional reckoning
- 1445 BC
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
Which verses connect to Joshua 13:1?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Joshua 14:107 votes
Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- Deuteronomy 31:36 votes
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
- Joshua 24:295 votes
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- Genesis 18:114 votes
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- Joshua 23:1–24 votes
A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years, he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
- Luke 1:74 votes
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.