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And it was, after the death of Moses , the servant of Jehovah , that Jehovah said to▵ Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses , saying,
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Moses My servant is dead ; and now arise , cross··over this Jordan , thou◦, and all this people, to▵ the land which I▵ give to them, to the sons of Israel .
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Every place on◦ which the sole of your foot shall tread, to you have I given it, as◦ I spoke to▵ Moses .
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From the wilderness and this Lebanon , and to◦ the great river , the river Euphrates , all the land of the Hittites , and to◦ the great sea toward the going ··in of the sun , shall be your border .
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A man ◦ shall not stand ··forth before thee all the days of thy life ; as◦ I was with▵ Moses , I will be with▵ thee; I will not let··go of thee nor forsake thee.
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Be··firm and have··courage, for thou◦ shalt cause this people to inherit the land , which I promised to their fathers to give to them.
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Only be··firm and be· very ·courageous, to take··heed to do according··to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn · not ·aside from it to the right··hand or to the left, so··that thou mayest have··intelligence, in all the ways in which thou goest .
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The book of this law shall not depart out··of thy mouth , but thou shalt meditate in it day and night , so··that thou mayest observe ▵ to do according··to all that is written in it; for then▵ thou shalt make thy way to prosper , and then▵ thou shalt have··intelligence.
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Have I not commanded thee? Be··firm and have··courage; be not terrified, neither be· thou ·dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, in all the ways in which thou goest .
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And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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Pass · ye ·through among the camp , and command the people, saying, Prepare for yourselves provisions; for in yet three days you◦ shall cross··over this Jordan , to go ··in to possess the land , which Jehovah your God gives to you to possess it.
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And to the Reubenite and to the Gadite, and to the half tribe◦ of Manasseh said Joshua , saying,
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Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God gives to you rest, and will give to you this land .
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Your wives , your infants, and your livestock , shall dwell in the land which Moses gave to you across the Jordan ; but you◦ shall cross··over girded··to··the··fifth* before your brothers , all the mighty ··men of force , and help them;
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until Jehovah shall give to your brothers rest, as to you, and they◦ also shall possess the land which Jehovah your God gives to them; then you shall return to the land of your possession, and you shall possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave to you across the Jordan toward the rising ◦ of the sun .
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And they answered Joshua , saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and to▵ every place that thou sendest us we will go .
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As in all in which we hearkened to▵ Moses , so will we hearken to▵ thee; only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as◦ He was with Moses .
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Every man ◦ who shall rebel ··against thy command* and shall not hear thy words , as to all that thou commandest him, he shall··be··put ··to··death; only be··firm and have··courage.