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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,
02 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.
03 Every place that the sole of your foot shall
tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said
unto Moses.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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 withersoever thou goest.
08 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.
09 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.
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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.
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