Joshua 13 in the early church

[Vulgate: Josue]

24 passages quote, allude to, or echo Joshua 13, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 14 · 22 · 33

Joshua 13:1

Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

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Josh 13:1Homilies on Joshua 16.1 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:1Homilies on Joshua 16.3 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:1–33Against Jovinianus 2.34 · Jeromeallusion, high confidence393
Josh 13:1–22Joshua, lines 421–445 · Cyprianus Gallusallusion, medium confidenceearly 5th cent.
Josh 13:1–21:45City of God 17.2 · Augustine of Hippoallusion, medium confidence413–426

Joshua 13:2

This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

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Josh 13:2Homilies on Joshua 16.3 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

Joshua 13:3

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

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Josh 13:3PG 12:1417 (Ps 42–43 LXX) · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 220-254
Josh 13:3Homilies on Joshua 16.4 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:3Letter 108.14 · Jeromeallusion, medium confidenceca. 370–419

Joshua 13:4

to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

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Josh 13:4Homilies on Joshua 16.4 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

Joshua 13:6

All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.

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Josh 13:6Homilies on Joshua 16.4 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)

Joshua 13:7

Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

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Josh 13:7Part 2, chapter 16 · Quodvultdeus of Carthageallusion, high confidenceca. 445-450

Joshua 13:8

The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

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Josh 13:8Homilies on Joshua 16.5 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:8Homilies on Joshua 17.2 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:8Homilies on Joshua 18.1 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:8Homilies on Joshua 19.1 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:8Homilies on Numbers 1.3 · Origenallusion, medium confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:8–33Joshua, lines 397–420 · Cyprianus Gallusallusion, medium confidenceearly 5th cent.

Joshua 13:14

To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

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Josh 13:14Homilies on Joshua 17.2 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:14Letter 1.1 · Cyprian of Carthageallusion, medium confidence249/250–258

Joshua 13:22

The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.

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Josh 13:22Arabic Pentateuch fragment XVIII (on Num 22:5) · Hippolytus of Romeallusion, medium confidenceunknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena)
Josh 13:22Commentary on John 28.99 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 230–248

Joshua 13:33

To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

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Josh 13:33Homilies on Joshua 17.2 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Josh 13:33Homilies on Joshua 25.1 · Origenallusion, high confidenceca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)