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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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../topmenuchap/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="../">NIV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/joshua/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Joshua Installed as Leader</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After the death of Moses the servant of the <span class="name">Lord</span>, the <span class="name">Lord</span> said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God will be with you wherever you go.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God is giving you for your own.’ ”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Remember the command that Moses the servant of the <span class="name">Lord</span> gave you after he said, ‘The <span class="name">Lord</span> your God will give you rest by giving you this land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>until the <span class="name">Lord</span> gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the <span class="name">Lord</span> gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God be with you as he was with Moses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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