Joshua 1
18 verses
Joshua's commissioning begins with the LORD's threefold charge: be strong and courageous, meditate on the Torah, and observe all the law (1:8—toq, to be careful, attentive). The promise 'as I was with Moses, so I will be with you' establishes continuity between the judges and their successor while emphasizing that victory depends on covenant obedience, not military prowess. Joshua instructs the officers to prepare the people for crossing—the land of promise awaits, but only through disciplined trust. The chapter sets the theological stage: conquest is the LORD's gift to the patriarchs' descendants, not an achievement of Israelite might, and the condition for possession is wholehearted adherence to divine instruction.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
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Moses 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.
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Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. This connects directly to the promise ma...
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From 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 coast.
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There 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.
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Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
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Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest 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 prosper whithersoever thou goest.
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This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein 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.
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Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.
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And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
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Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
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Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
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The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. The promise here is not conditional on our str...
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Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord’s servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
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And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. I think this is a call to trust beyond what we can see. The Hebrew word used her...
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According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
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God is faithful in every circumstance.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. The ear...
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Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
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