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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Joshua 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/joshua/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Joshua 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/34.htm" title="Deuteronomy 34">◄</a> Joshua 1 <a href="../joshua/2.htm" title="Joshua 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">God Commands Joshua to Conquer Canaan</h3><p class="par"><span class="v6_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.1" class="v6_1_1">1</span>After the death of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s servant Moses, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to Moses' helper, Joshua son of Nun. </span><span class="v6_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.2" class="v6_1_2">2</span>He said, “My servant Moses is dead. Get ready now, you and all the people of Israel, and cross the Jordan River into the land that I am giving them. </span><span class="v6_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.3" class="v6_1_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.1.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> As I told Moses, I have given you and all my people the entire land that you will be marching over. </span><span class="v6_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.4" class="v6_1_4">4</span>Your borders will reach from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north; from the great Euphrates River in the east, through the Hittite country, to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. </span><span class="v6_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.5" class="v6_1_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.1.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Joshua, no one will be able to defeat you as long as you live. I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will always be with you; I will never abandon you. </span><span class="v6_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.6" class="v6_1_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.1.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Be determined and confident, for you will be the leader of these people as they occupy this land which I promised their ancestors. </span><span class="v6_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.7" class="v6_1_7">7</span>Just be determined, be confident; and make sure that you obey the whole Law that my servant Moses gave you. Do not neglect any part of it and you will succeed wherever you go. </span><span class="v6_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.8" class="v6_1_8">8</span>Be sure that the book of the Law is always read in your worship. Study it day and night, and make sure that you obey everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. </span><span class="v6_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.9" class="v6_1_9">9</span>Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Do not be afraid or discouraged, for I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God, am with you wherever you go.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Joshua Gives Orders to the People</h3><p class="par"><span class="v6_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.10" class="v6_1_10">10</span>Then Joshua ordered the leaders to </span><span class="v6_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.11" class="v6_1_11">11</span>go through the camp and say to the people, “Get some food ready, because in three days you are going to cross the Jordan River to occupy the land that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God is giving you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v6_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.12" class="v6_1_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Josh.1.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Joshua said to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh, </span><span class="v6_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.13" class="v6_1_13">13</span>“Remember how the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s servant Moses told you that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God would give you this land on the east side of the Jordan as your home. </span><span class="v6_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.14" class="v6_1_14">14</span>Your wives, your children, and your livestock will stay here, but your soldiers, armed for battle, will cross over ahead of the other Israelites in order to help them </span><span class="v6_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.15" class="v6_1_15">15</span>until they have occupied the land west of the Jordan that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God has given them. When he has given safety to all the tribes of Israel, then you may come back and settle here in your own land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s servant, gave to you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v6_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.16" class="v6_1_16">16</span>They answered Joshua, “We will do everything you have told us and will go anywhere you send us. </span><span class="v6_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.17" class="v6_1_17">17</span>We will obey you, just as we always obeyed Moses, and may the <span class="nd">Lord</span> your God be with you as he was with Moses! </span><span class="v6_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Josh.1.18" class="v6_1_18">18</span>Whoever questions your authority or disobeys any of your orders will be put to death. 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