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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 ESV</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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/joshua/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">God Commissions Joshua</p><p class="regular"><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="divine-name">Lord</span>, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or may act wisely">a</a></sup></span> wherever you go. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. <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 frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God is with you wherever you go.”</p> <p class="heading">Joshua Assumes Command</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God is giving you to possess.’”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And 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 word that Moses the servant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded you, saying, ‘The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God is providing you a place of rest and will give you this land.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but all the men of valor among you shall pass over armed before your brothers and shall help them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>until the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they answered Joshua, “All that 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 obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. Only may the <span class="divine-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 commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">may</span> act wisely</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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