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Joshua 1:11After Moses the Lord ’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:22“Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River. Lead these people into the land that I am ready to hand over to them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:33I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:44Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:55No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:66Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:77Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep. Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:88This law scroll must not leave your lips. You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:99I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1010Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1111“Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1212Joshua told the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1313“Remember what Moses the Lord ’s servant commanded you. The Lord your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1414Your wives, children, and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all of you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help themCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1515until the Lord gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the Lord ’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1616They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1717Just as we obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. But may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Joshua 1:1818Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. But be strong and brave!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
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