Joshua - 1
1 - 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,
2 - 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 - .
3 - Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses - .
4 - 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.
5 - 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.
6 - 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.
7 - 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.
8 - 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.
9 - 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.
10 - Then Joshua - commanded the officers of the people, saying,
11 - 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.
12 - And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh - , spake Joshua - , saying,
13 - 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.
14 - 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;
15 - 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.
16 - And they answered Joshua - , saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
17 - 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 - .
18 - 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.
