Joshua 1:1–6

ENCOURAGEMENT OF JOSHUA

1 After the death of Mosesa the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun,b Moses’s assistant: 2 “Moses my servant is dead.c Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordand to the land I am giving the Israelites. 3 I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads,e just as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will be from the wilderness and Lebanonf to the great river, the Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittitesg—and west to the Mediterranean Sea.h 5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live.i I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or abandon you.j

6 “Be strong and courageous,k for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.l

a	Dt 34:5
b	Ex 17:8–13 Ex 33:11 Nu 13:8 Nu 13:16 Nu 14:6–9 Nu 27:18–23 Dt 31:2–8 1 Ch 7:20 1 Ch 7:27
c	Dt 34:5–8
d	Jos 1:11
e	Dt 11:24–25
f	Ge 15:18 Nu 34:3
g	Ge 10:15 Ge 15:19–21
h	Dt 11:24 1 Ki 4:21 1 Ki 4:24–25 1 Ki 8:65
i	Dt 7:24
j	Dt 31:6–8 Heb 13:5
k	Jos 1:18 Jos 10:25 1 Ki 2:2–3 1 Ch 22:13 1 Ch 28:20 Ps 27:14 Ps 31:24
l	Ge 15:18 Ex 32:13 Dt 15:4