Joshua 1

God Commissions Joshua

1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' a assistant, saying: 2 b "Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them - the children of Israel. 3 c "Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. 4 d "From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory. 5 e "No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; f as I was with Moses, so g I will be with you. h I will not leave you nor forsake you. 6 i "Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall 1 divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law j which Moses My servant commanded you; k do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may 2 prosper wherever you go. 8 l "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but m you 3 shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 n "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; o do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."

Joshua Assumes Command

10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 "Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, 'Prepare provisions for yourselves, for p within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess.' "

12 And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying, 13 "Remember q the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving you this land.' 14 "Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall 4 pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them, 15 "until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as He gave you, and they also have taken possession of the land which the LORD your God is giving them. r Then you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrise."

16 So they answered Joshua, saying, "All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 "Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God s be with you, as He was with Moses. 18 "Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage."

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 24:13
    So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and M...
    Numbers 13:16
    These are the names of the men whom Moses sent ...
    Numbers 14:6
    But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of ...
    Numbers 14:29
    The carcasses of you who have complained agains...
    Numbers 14:30
    Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshu...
    Numbers 14:37
    Those very men who brought the evil report abou...
    Numbers 14:38
    But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of ...
    Deuteronomy 1:38
    Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, h...
    Acts 7:45
    Which our fathers, having received it in turn, ...
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 12:7
    Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house.
    Deuteronomy 34:5
    So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:24
    Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the Western Sea, shall be your territory.
    Joshua 11:23
    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 15:18
    On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates -
    Exodus 23:31
    And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
    Numbers 34:3 - 12
    Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of the Salt Sea.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:24
    And He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name from under heaven; no one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 3:12
    So He said, "I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:8
    "And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."
    Deuteronomy 31:23
    Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:6
    "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
    Deuteronomy 31:7
    Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.
    Hebrews 13:5
    Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:7
    Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.
    Deuteronomy 31:23
    Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 27:23
    And he laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
    Deuteronomy 31:7
    Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.
    Joshua 11:15
    As the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 5:32
    Therefore you shall be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:18
    Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites.
    Deuteronomy 17:19
    And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes.
    Deuteronomy 31:24
    So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished.
    Deuteronomy 31:26
    Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.
    Joshua 8:34
    And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:9
    Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
    Psalms 1:1 - 3
    Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:7
    Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 27:1
    The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:1
    Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven.
    Joshua 3:17
    Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.
  17. Cross References
    Numbers 32:20 - 28
    Then Moses said to them: "If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before the LORD for the war.
  18. Cross References
    Joshua 22:1 - 4
    Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
  19. Cross References
    1 Samuel 20:13
    May the LORD do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And the LORD be with you as He has been with my father.
    1 Kings 1:37
    "As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David."
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