Joshua 1

Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of God, that God spoke to Joshua, the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, saying,

“Moses, my servant, is dead. And now, arise, cross over this Jordan, you and all of this people, to the land that I {am} giving to them, to the sons of Israel.

Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. \*

From the wilderness and this Lebanon and unto the Great River, the Euphrates River, all of the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea, from the going of the sun, will be your territory.

No man will {be able to} stand to your face all of the days of your life. I will be with you just as I was with Moses. I will not abandon you and I will not leave you. \*

Be strong and be courageous, for you yourself will cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give to them.

Only be strong and be very courageous, to be careful to do according to all of the law that Moses, my servant, commanded you. Do not turn aside from it {to} the right or {to} the left, so that you may succeed in every {place} where you go. \*

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you will be careful to do according to everything written in it. For then you will make your ways prosperous and then you will succeed.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and be courageous! Do not be terrified and do not be dismayed, for God your God {is} with you in every {place} where you go.” \*

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

“Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, because within three days you are crossing over this Jordan to enter to possess the land that God your God is giving to you to possess it.’” \*

And to the Reubenite and to the Gadite and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua spoke, saying,

“Remember the word that Moses the servant of God commanded you, saying, ‘God your God {is} giving rest to you, and he will give to you this land.’ \*

Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave to you on the other side of the Jordan. But you yourselves, being armed, shall cross over to the face of your brothers, all of the warriors of valor, and you shall help them

until when God gives rest to your brothers, as {to} you, and they possess, they too, the land that God your God {is} giving to them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and you shall possess it, which Moses the servant of God gave to you on the other side of the Jordan, {toward} the rising of the sun.” \*

And they answered Joshua, saying, “All of what you have commanded us, we will do, and to everywhere you send us, we will go.

As {with} all of what we listened to Moses, so we will listen to you. Only may God your God {be} with you, just as he {was} with Moses.

Every man who disobeys your mouth and will not hear your words according to all of what you command him shall be put to death. Only be strong and be courageous.” \*