Josué 13:1

1 Or, Josué était vieux et avancé en âge; et l'Éternel lui dit: Tu es devenu vieux, tu es avancé en âge, et il reste beaucoup de pays à soumettre.

Josué 13:1 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:1

Now Joshua was old, [and] stricken in years
How old he was cannot be said precisely, but it is very probable he was now about an hundred years of age, for he lived to be an hundred ten; and the land of Canaan was seven years in dividing, as the Jews generally say, and it seems as if he did not live long after that:

and the Lord said unto him:
either spoke to him out of the tabernacle, or appeared to him in a dream or vision:

thou art old, [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very
much land to be possessed:
that is, very much of the land of Canaan, which God had promised to Abraham, yet remained unconquered by Joshua, and unpossessed by the children of Israel; and the old age of Joshua is observed, to intimate to him that through it, and the infirmities of it, he was unable to go out to war, and to finish this work, which must be left to be done by others hereafter; and that he should with all expedition set about another work he was capable of doing, before he died, which was the division of the land among the tribes of Israel.

Josué 13:1 In-Context

1 Or, Josué était vieux et avancé en âge; et l'Éternel lui dit: Tu es devenu vieux, tu es avancé en âge, et il reste beaucoup de pays à soumettre.

2 Voici le pays qui reste: Tous les districts des Philistins, et tout le territoire des Gueshuriens,

3 Depuis le Shichor, qui coule en face de l'Égypte, jusqu'à la frontière d'Ékron, vers le nord; contrée réputée cananéenne, appartenant aux cinq gouverneurs des Philistins, celui de Gaza, celui d'Asdod, celui d'Askélon, celui de Gath, celui d'Ékron, et les Avviens;

4 Du côté du midi, tout le pays des Cananéens, et Meara, qui est aux Sidoniens, jusqu'à Aphek, jusqu'à la frontière des Amoréens;

5 Le pays des Guibliens, et tout le Liban, vers le soleil levant, depuis Baal-Gad, sous la montagne d'Hermon, jusqu'à l'entrée de Hamath;