Joshua 1
1 After the death of Moses, the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide:
2 “Moses, my servant, is dead. Now get up and cross this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving them, the Israelites.
3 Every place where the sole of your foot treads, I have given to you, as I told Moses.
4 Your territory will extend from the wilderness and this Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittites—and as far as the Great Sea in the west.
5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or abandon you.
6 Be strong and courageous, because you will give this people the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them as an inheritance.
7 Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to act according to all the Law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may succeed wherever you go.
8 This Book of the Law must not leave your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act according to everything written in it. Then you will make your way prosper, and then you will succeed.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified, because the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
11 “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, because within three days you will cross this Jordan to enter and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
12 Joshua said to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
13 “Remember what Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you: ‘The LORD your God is giving you rest and giving you this land.
14 Your wives, children, and livestock will remain in the land that Moses gave you on the other side of the Jordan. But you—all the valiant warriors—will cross over armed ahead of your brothers and help them,
15 until the LORD gives your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they too take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you will return to the land you own and take possession of it, the land Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you on the other side of the Jordan, toward the sunrise.’”
16 They answered Joshua, “We will do everything you have commanded us, and we will go wherever you send us.
17 Just as we obeyed Moses in everything, so we will obey you. May the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
18 Anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your words in everything you command will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”
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