The Commissioning of Joshua
Joshua 1:1-6

Arise! Cross!


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After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord,
the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun,
Moses' assistant, saying,
"My servant Moses is dead.
Now arise and cross the Jordan,
you and all this people,
into the land that I am giving to them,
to the Israelites.

Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon
I have given to you,
as I promised to Moses.
From the wilderness and the Lebanon
as far as the great river, the river Euphrates,
all the land of the Hittites,
to the Great Sea in the west
shall be your territory.

No one shall be able to stand against you
all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses,
so I will be with you;
I will not fail you or forsake you.
Be strong and courageous;
for you shall put this people in possession
of the land that I swore to their ancestors
to give them."

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