1 Many years later, after the Lord had given the Israelites rest from all their enemies round about them, and when Joshua was old and advanced in years,
2 he summoned all Israel, including their elders, leaders, judges and officers, and said to them: “I am old and advanced in years.
3 You have seen all that the Lord, your God, has done for you against all these nations; for it has been the Lord, your God, who fought for you.
4 See, I have apportioned among your tribes as their heritage the nations that survive, as well as those I destroyed, between the Jordan and the Great Sea in the west.
5 The Lord, your God, will drive them out and dispossess them at your approach, so that you will take possession of their land as the Lord, your God, promised you.