"Nowbehold,the LORDhas let me live,justas He spoke,theseforty-fiveyears,from the timethat the LORDspokethiswordto Moses,whenIsraelwalkedin the wilderness;and nowbehold,I am eighty-fiveyearsoldtoday.
They wanderedin the wildernessin a desertregion;They did not finda wayto an inhabitedcity.
A thousandmay fallat your sideAnd tenthousandat your righthand,[But] it shall not approachyou.
Surelyyou shall not comeinto the landin whichI sworeto settleyou, exceptCalebthe sonof Jephunnehand Joshuathe sonof Nun.
But Joshuathe sonof Nunand Calebthe sonof Jephunnehremainedaliveout of thosemenwho wentto spyout the land.
Joshuawagedwara longtimewith allthesekings.
Now Joshuawas old[and] advancedin yearswhen the LORDsaidto him, "You are old[and] advancedin years,and verymuchof the landremainsto be possessed.
"I am stillas strongtodayas I was in the dayMosessentme; as my strengthwas then,so my strengthis now,for warand for goingout and comingin.
"So Mosessworeon that day,saying,'Surelythe landon whichyour foothas troddenwill be an inheritanceto you and to your childrenforever,becauseyou have followedthe LORDmy Godfully.'
