1 A long time afterward, the Lord gave the Israelites peace with all their enemies around them. Joshua was old, near the end of his life.
2 So he called all the leaders, chiefs, judges, and officers of Israel together. He said to them, “I am old, near the end of my life.
3 You have seen for yourselves everything the Lord your God did to all those nations. The Lord your God fought for you!
4 I have given you the territory of the nations that still remain as an inheritance for your tribes. This includes the territory of all the nations I have already destroyed from the Jordan River westward to the Mediterranean Sea.