2 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.

Moses Jos 1:1 Isa 42:1 Heb 3:5,6 7:23,24

arise Nu 27:16-21 De 3:28 31:7

3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

Jos 14:9 De 11:24 Tit 1:2

4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

From the wilderness. That is, their utmost limits should be from the Desert of Arabia Petraea on the south, to Lebanon on the north; and from the Euphrates on the east, to the Great Sea, of the Mediterranean, on the west. The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this grant till the time of david Ge 15:18-21 Ex 23:31 Nu 34:2-18 De 1:7 3:25 11:24 1Ch 5:9 18:3

5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

There shall De 7:24 20:4 Ps 46:11 Ro 8:31,37

as I was Jos 1:9,17 3:7 6:27 Ex 3:12 De 31:8,23 Ac 18:9,10 2Ti 4:17

I will not De 31:6-8 Isa 41:10-14 43:2-5 Heb 13:5

6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

Be strong Jos 1:7,9 1Sa 4:9 1Ki 2:2 1Ch 22:13 28:10 2Ch 32:7,8 Ps 27:14 Isa 35:3,4 Da 10:19 Hag 2:4 Zec 8:9 1Co 16:13 Eph 6:10 2Ti 2:1

unto this people, etc. or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land.

divide Nu 34:17-29

which I sware Ge 26:3

7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

which Moses Jos 1:1 11:15 Nu 27:23 De 31:7

turn not De 5:32 12:32 28:14 Pr 4:27 8:20

that De 29:9 1Ki 2:3 1Ch 22:13

prosper. or, do wisely Jos 1:8

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

book De 6:6-9 11:18,19 17:18,19 30:14 31:11 Ps 37:30,31 40:10 119:42,43 Isa 59:21 Mt 12:35 Eph 4:29

thou shalt Ps 1:2,3 19:14 119:11,15,97,99 Pr 2:1-5 3:1 Col 3:16 1Ti 4:14-16

observe De 5:29,32,33 6:1-3 Mt 7:21,24 28:20 Lu 11:28 Joh 13:17 14:21 Jas 1:22-25 Re 22:14

have good success. or, do wisely Jos 1:7

9 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.

Have De 31:7,8,28 Jud 6:14 2Sa 13:28 Ac 4:19

Be strong Jos 1:6,7

be not Ge 28:15 De 20:1 Ps 27:1,2 Jer 1:7,8

for the Lord Ps 46:7 Isa 43:1,5

10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

the officers of the people The shoterim, or officers, were different from the shophetim, who were the judges among the people. The shoterim have been supposed to be subordinate officers, whose business it was to see the decisions of the shphetim carried into effect. Calmet conjectures, that the shoterim hear may have been the heralds of the army.

11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

three days Jos 3:2 Ex 19:11 2Ki 20:5 Ho 6:2

ye shall De 9:1 11:31

12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.

Remember De 22:1-4 Nu 32:20-28 De 3:18

14 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, all the mighty men of valor, and help them;

armed [heb] marshalled by five Ex 13:18

the mighty De 20:8 Re 17:4

15 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, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

Until Nu 32:17-22 Ga 5:13 6:2 Php 1:21-26 2:4

then ye shall De 22:4 1Co 12:26 13:5

16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

Nu 32:25 De 5:27 Ro 13:1-5 Tit 3:1 1Pe 2:13-15

17 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.

only the Lord Jos 1:5 1Sa 20:13 1Ki 1:37 1Ch 28:20 Ps 20:1,4,9 118:25,26 Mt 21:9 1Ti 2:1,2

18 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.

that doth rebel De 17:12 1Sa 11:12 Ps 2:1-6 Lu 19:27 Heb 10:28,29 12:25

he shall be Ro 13:1-5

only be Jos 1:6,7,9 Ezr 10:4 1Co 16:13 Eph 6:10