1:1Now it came to pass after the
death of
Moses the servant of
Jehovah, that
Jehovah spake unto
Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
1:2Moses my servant is
dead; now therefore arise, go over this
Jordan, thou, and all this
people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of
Israel.
1:3Every
place that the
sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto
Moses.
1:4From the
wilderness, and this
Lebanon, even unto the great
river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites, and unto the great
sea toward the going down of the
sun, shall be your border.
1:5There shall not any
man be able to
stand before thee all the days of thy
life. as I was with
Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
1:6Be strong and of
good courage; for thou shalt cause this
people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
1:7Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the
law, which
Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the
right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have
good success whithersoever thou goest.
1:8This book of the
law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon
day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy
way prosperous, and then thou shalt have
good success.
1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of
good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for
Jehovah thy
God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1:10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.
1:12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land. 1:14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them; 1:15until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. 1:16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 1:17According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 1:18Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage.
