| |
Chapter 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 valor, 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. |
