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