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OEB JOS Chapter 1

1 Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah said to Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, 2 ’Moses my servant is dead; now arise, go over this Jordan with all this people to the land which I am about to give to the Israelites. 3 Every place upon which the sole of thy foot shall tread, to thee will I give it, as I promised Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting sun shall be your boundary. 5 No one shall be able to stand against 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 courageous and strong; for thou shalt bring this people into possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be very courageous and strong, to observe faithfully all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have success wherever thou goest. 8 This law-book shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayest observe faithfully all that is written in it; for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and shalt have success. 9 Have I not commanded thee? Be courageous and strong! Fear not, neither be dismayed, for Jehovah thy God is with thee wherever thou goest.’ 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying, 11 Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people saying, ’Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving you as a possession.’ 12 Also to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua said, 13 Remember the command which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you, when he said, ’Jehovah your God is about to bring you to a settled abode and will give you this land.’ 14 Your wives and your little ones and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you; but you – as many of you as are able to fight – shall pass over armed before your kinsmen and shall help them, 15 until Jehovah hath given a settled abode to your kinsmen as to you and they also have taken possession of the land which Jehovah your God is about to give them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the rising sun. 16 And they answered Joshua saying. All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey you. Only may Jehovah your God be with you, as he was with Moses. 18 Any one who shall rebel against your command and shall not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be courageous and strong.

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