Joshua 1:1-9
JOSHUA FORMALLY COMMISSIONED... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSHUA FORMALLY COMMISSIONED... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, after the completion of the thirty days' mourning for this great prophet whom the Lord so signally distinguished, Numbers 12:7; Deuteronomy 34:5, IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE LORD SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, THE SON OF NUN, MOSES' MINISTER, not his servant,... [ Continue Reading ]
Moses, My servant, is dead; now, therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel, for Canaan proper was always spoken of as including the territory west of the Jordan only. These words were not spoken to Joshua th... [ Continue Reading ]
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses, Deuteronomy 11:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
From the wilderness, the Desert of Arabia on the south and southeast, AND THIS LEBANON, the mountain range in the north, EVEN UNTO THE GREAT RIVER, THE RIVER EUPHRATES, ALL THE LAND OF THE HITTITES, who apparently had been overlords of this entire region at one time and were still occupying the coun... [ Continue Reading ]
There shall not any man, namely, of the kings and inhabitants of the country, b E ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THEE, withstand him successfully, ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE, Deuteronomy 31:8. AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH THEE; I WILL NOT FAIL THEE, let him sink down in helplessness by withdrawing his... [ Continue Reading ]
Be strong, firm, mighty in the trust of Jehovah, AND OF A GOOD COURAGE, altogether undismayed; he must lay hold boldly and with a strong hand, and when he has done so, allow nothing to drive him from his position of firm adherence to Jehovah; FOR UNTO THIS PEOPLE SHALT THOU DIVIDE FOR AN INHERITANCE... [ Continue Reading ]
Only be thou strong and very courageous, said with greater emphasis than in v. 6, THAT THOU MAYEST OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THE LAW WHICH MOSES, MY SERVANT, COMMANDED THEE, for the leader of the people must be an example to all his followers. TURN NOT FROM IT, namely, from the roll of the writ... [ Continue Reading ]
This book of the Law, as it had been written by Moses and delivered into the hands of the priests, Deuteronomy 31:26, SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF THY MOUTH, he should teach it, study it, discuss it; BUT THOU SHALT MEDITATE THEREIN DAY AND NIGHT, trying to penetrate ever more deeply into its scope and me... [ Continue Reading ]
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord, thy God, is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Thus the assurance gains in strength when to the positive command to be courageous is added the negative to lay aside all fear, as in Deu... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST GENERAL ORDER OF JOSHUA... [ Continue Reading ]
Pass through the host and command the people, for as keepers of the genealogical records they were also superintendents of the mustering and were primarily concerned with any order pertaining to the mobilizing of the army, SAYING, PREPARE YOU VICTUALS, food for a journey or campaign; FOR WITHIN THRE... [ Continue Reading ]
And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember the word which Moses, the servant of the Lord, this being the usual manner in which he is now referred to, COMMANDED YOU, SAYING, THE LORD, YOUR GOD, HATH GIVEN YOU REST, having permitted them to settle in peace, AND HATH GIVEN YOU THIS LAND, they had their possession on the east side of Jo... [ Continue Reading ]
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, fully equipped and arrayed in battle order, ALL THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR, AND HELP THEM,... [ Continue Reading ]
until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as He hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord, your God, giveth them. Then ye shall return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it, make use of all the owners' privileges, WHICH MOSES, THE LORD'S SERVANT, GAVE YOU ON TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go, a fine expression of allegiance and loyalty, of obedience and brotherly love.... [ Continue Reading ]
According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee; only the Lord, thy God, be with thee as He was with Moses. With this assurance and guarantee they were ready to follow Joshua anywhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; only be strong and of a good courage, a call with which the two and one half tribes intended to give Joshua the assurance which he needed at the begi... [ Continue Reading ]