After these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
Parallel translations
- KJV And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
- BSB Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- NKJV Now it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
- NASB Now it came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being 110 years old.
- NLT After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110.
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Quick answer
After these events Joshua, the servant of Yahweh, dies at the age of one hundred ten. It matters because it marks the faithful end of a great leader's life.
Overview
Joshua's death closes the era of the conquest, and he is honored with the title 'servant of Yahweh,' the same given to Moses. His long life and faithful leadership leave Israel established in the land. Like Moses, Joshua points beyond himself to the greater leader, Jesus (whose name is the Greek form of Joshua), who brings God's people into their true and eternal inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Judg 2:8Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
- Ps 115:17The dead don’t praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;
- Deut 34:5So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, according to Yahweh’s word.
- Gen 50:26So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
- Gen 50:22Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father’s house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
- 2 Tim 4:7–8I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
- Rev 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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