The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Joshua 01
1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,† Yahweh spoke to Joshua
the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,
2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go across this Jordan, you and
all these people, to the land which I am
giving to them, even to the children of
Israel.
3 I have given you every place that the
sole of your foot will tread on, as I told
Moses.
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon
even to 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 border.
5 No man will be able to stand before
you all the days of your life. As I was with
Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail
you nor forsake you.
6 “Be strong and courageous; for you
shall cause this people to inherit the land
which I swore to their fathers to give them.
7 Onlybe strong andvery courageous. Be
carefulto observe to do according to allthe
law which Moses my servant commanded
you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or
to the left, that you may have good success
wherever you go.
8 This book of the law shall not depart
from your mouth, but you shall meditate
on it day and night, that you may observe
to do according to all that is written in it;
for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
9 Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong
and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be
dismayed, for Yahweh your God‡ is with
you wherever you go.”
10 Then Joshua commanded the officers
of the people, saying,
11 “Pass through the middle of the camp,
and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare
food; for within three days you are to pass
over this Jordan, to go in to possess the
land which Yahweh your God gives you to
possess.’ ”
12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to
the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,
13 “Remember the word which Moses
the servant of Yahweh commanded you,
saying, ‘Yahweh your God gives you rest,
and will give you this land.
14 Your wives, your little ones, and your
livestock shall live in the land which Moses
gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall
pass over before your brothers armed, all
the mighty men of valor, and shall help
them
15 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they
have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall
return to the land of your possession and
possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward
the sunrise.’ ”
16 They answered Joshua, saying, “All
that you have commanded us we will do,
and wherever you send us we will go.
17 Just as we listened to Moses in all
things, so will we listen to you. Only may
Yahweh your God be with you, as he was
with Moses.
18 Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your
words in all that you command him shall
himself be putto death. Only be strong and
courageous.”