THE BOOK OF JOSHUA

 

Joshua Chapter 1

1 ¶ Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, who had served Moses, saying,

2 My servant Moses is dead; now therefore arise, cross over the Jordan, you, and all these people, to the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.

3 I have given to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, as I said to Moses.

4 Your territory will be from the desert and Lebanon to the great Euphrates river, all the land of the Hittites, and west to the great sea.

5 No man will be able to stand against 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 of a good courage: for you will divide among this people the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them for an inheritance.

7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein 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 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

11 Pass through the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions; for within three days you will cross over the Jordan, to go in to take possession of the land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess.

12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God has given you rest, and has given you this land.

14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but all the mighty men of valor among you shall cross over armed before your kinsmen, and help them;

15 Until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, which Moses the LORD’S servant gave you on the east side of the Jordan, and enjoy it.

16 ¶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go.

17 Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you: only may the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.

18 Whoever rebels against your commandment, and will not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.