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APRIL 6
night, that you may observe to do according to
April 6 all that is written in it. For then you will make
your way prosperous, and then you will have
good success. Have I not commanded you? Be
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strong and of good courage; do not be afraid,
Joshua 1:1–2:24
nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is
After the death of Moses the servant of the with you wherever you go.”
1 LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of
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Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, say- the people, saying, “Pass through the camp
ing: “Moses My servant is dead. Now there- and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare
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fore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this provisions for yourselves, for within three
people, to the land which I am giving to days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to
them—the children of Israel. Every place that possess the land which the LORD your God is
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the sole of your foot will tread upon I have giving you to possess.’ ”
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given you, as I said to Moses. From the wilder- 12 And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half
ness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying,
the River Euphrates, all the land of the 13 “Remember the word which Moses the ser-
Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going vant of the LORD commanded you, saying, ‘The
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down of the sun, shall be your territory. No LORD your God is giving you rest and is giving
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man shall be able to stand before you all the you this land.’ Your wives, your little ones, and
days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will your livestock shall remain in the land which
be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But
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you. Be strong and of good courage, for to you shall pass before your brethren armed, all
this people you shall divide as an inheritance your mighty men of valor, and help them, un-
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the land which I swore to their fathers to give til the LORD has given your brethren rest, as
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them. Only be strong and very courageous, He gave you, and they also have taken posses-
that you may observe to do according to all the sion of the land which the LORD your God is
law which Moses My servant commanded you; giving them. Then you shall return to the land
do not turn from it to the right hand or to the of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses
left, that you may prosper wherever you go. the LORD’s servant gave you on this side of the
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This Book of the Law shall not depart from Jordan toward the sunrise.”
your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and 16 So they answered Joshua, saying, “All that
you command us we will do, and wherever
you send us we will go. Just as we heeded
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Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only
the LORD your God be with you, as He was
1:8 This Book of the Law. A reference to with Moses. Whoever rebels against your
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Scripture, specifically Genesis through command and does not heed your words, in
Deuteronomy,written by Moses (see Ex.17:14; all that you command him, shall be put to
Deut.31:9–11,24).meditate in it. To read with
thoughtfulness, to linger over God’s Word.The death. Only be strong and of good courage.”
parts of Scripture they possessed have always Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two
been the main spiritual food of those who 2 men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly,
served Him, e.g., Job (Job 23:12); the psalmist saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.”
(Ps. 1:1–3); Jeremiah (Jer. 15:16); and Jesus So they went, and came to the house of a
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(John 4:34). prosperous,...good success. The harlot named Rahab, and lodged there. And it
promise of God’s blessing on the great respon- was told the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold,
sibility God has given Joshua. The principle men have come here tonight from the chil-
here is central to all spiritual effort and enter- dren of Israel to search out the country.”
prise, namely the deep understanding and 3 So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, say-
application of Scripture at all times. ing, “Bring out the men who have come to
you, who have entered your house, for they
1:9 LORD...is with you. This assurance has have come to search out all the country.”
always been the staying sufficiency for God’s 4 Then the woman took the two men and hid
servants such as Abraham (Gen. 15:1), Moses them. So she said, “Yes, the men came to me,
and his people (Ex. 14:13), Isaiah (Is. 41:10), but I did not know where they were from. And
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Jeremiah (Jer. 1:7, 8), and Christians through it happened as the gate was being shut, when
the centuries (Matt. 28:20; Heb. 13:5).
it was dark, that the men went out. Where the
men went I do not know; pursue them quickly,
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