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Now after[H310] the death[H4194] of Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the LORD[H3068] it came to pass, that the LORD[H3068]spake[H559] unto Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], Moses[H4872]' minister[H8334], saying[H559],
2Moses[H4872] my servant[H5650] is dead[H4191]; now therefore arise[H6965], go over[H5674] this Jordan[H3383], thou, and all this people[H5971], unto the land[H776] which I do give[H5414] to them, even to the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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Every place[H4725] that the sole[H3709] of your foot[H7272] shall tread upon[H1869], that have I given[H5414] unto you, as I said[H1696] unto Moses[H4872].
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From the wilderness[H4057] and this Lebanon[H3844] even unto the great[H1419]river[H5104], the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578], all the land[H776] of the Hittites[H2850], and unto the great[H1419]sea[H3220] toward the going down[H3996] of the sun[H8121], shall be your coast[H1366].
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There shall not any man[H376] be able to stand[H3320]before[H6440] thee all the days[H3117] of thy life[H2416]: as I was with Moses[H4872], so I will be with thee: I will not fail[H7503] thee, nor forsake[H5800] thee.
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Be strong[H2388] and of a good courage[H553]: for unto this people[H5971] shalt thou divide for an inheritance[H5157] the land[H776], which I sware[H7650] unto their fathers[H1] to give[H5414] them.
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Only be thou strong[H2388] and very[H3966]courageous[H553], that thou mayest observe[H8104] to do[H6213] according to all the law[H8451], which Moses[H4872] my servant[H5650]commanded[H6680] thee: turn[H5493] not from it to the right hand[H3225] or to the left[H8040], that thou mayest prosper[H7919] whithersoever thou goest[H3212].
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This book[H5612] of the law[H8451] shall not depart[H4185] out of thy mouth[H6310]; but thou shalt meditate[H1897] therein day[H3119] and night[H3915], that thou mayest observe[H8104] to do[H6213] according to all that is written[H3789] therein: for then thou shalt make[H6743] thy way[H1870]prosperous[H6743], and then thou shalt have good success[H7919].
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Have not I commanded[H6680] thee? Be strong[H2388] and of a good courage[H553]; be not afraid[H6206], neither be thou dismayed[H2865]: for the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] is with thee whithersoever thou goest[H3212].
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Then Joshua[H3091]commanded[H6680] the officers[H7860] of the people[H5971], saying[H559],
11Pass[H5674]through[H7130] the host[H4264], and command[H6680] the people[H5971], saying[H559], Prepare[H3559] you victuals[H6720]; for within three[H7969]days[H3117] ye shall pass[H5674]over[H5674] this Jordan[H3383], to go in[H935] to possess[H3423] the land[H776], which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]giveth[H5414] you to possess[H3423] it.
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And to the Reubenites[H7206], and to the Gadites[H1425], and to half[H2677] the tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4519], spake[H559]Joshua[H3091], saying[H559],
13Remember[H2142] the word[H1697] which Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] you, saying[H559], The LORD[H3068] your God[H430] hath given[H5414] you rest[H5117], and hath given[H5414] you this land[H776].
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Your wives[H802], your little ones[H2945], and your cattle[H4735], shall remain[H3427] in the land[H776] which Moses[H4872]gave[H5414] you on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383]; but ye shall pass[H5674]before[H6440] your brethren[H251]armed[H2571], all the mighty[H1368] men of valour[H2428], and help[H5826] them;
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Until the LORD[H3068] have given[H5117] your brethren[H251]rest[H5117], as he hath given[H5117] you, and they also have possessed[H3423] the land[H776] which the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]giveth[H5414] them: then ye shall return[H7725] unto the land[H776] of your possession[H3425], and enjoy[H3423] it, which Moses[H4872] the LORD[H3068]'S servant[H5650]gave[H5414] you on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383] toward the sunrising[H4217].
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And they answered[H6030]Joshua[H3091], saying[H559], All that thou commandest[H6680] us we will do[H6213], and whithersoever[H834] thou sendest[H7971] us, we will go[H3212].
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According as we hearkened[H8085] unto Moses[H4872] in all things, so will we hearken[H8085] unto thee: only the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] be with thee, as he was with Moses[H4872].
18Whosoever[H376] he be that doth rebel[H4784] against thy commandment[H6310], and will not hearken[H8085] unto thy words[H1697] in all that thou commandest[H6680] him, he shall be put to death[H4191]: only be strong[H2388] and of a good courage[H553].