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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/joshua/">Joshua</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/joshua/1.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/joshua/1.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/joshua/1.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/joshua/1.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/joshua/1.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/joshua/1.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/joshua/1.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God Instructs Joshua<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../deuteronomy/11.htm#8">Deuteronomy 11:8–17</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Joshua Takes Charge<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people: <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’ <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.” <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses. <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, the Mediterranean Sea<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../hebrews/13.htm#5">Hebrews 13:5</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. 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