Joshua 1:7

Translations

Modern

Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Only be strong and be very courageous, to be careful to do according to all the law that Moses My servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may prosper in every place where you go.

Latin

Confortare igitur, et esto robustus valde, ut custodias, et facias omnem legem, quam præcepit tibi Moyses servus meus: ne declines ab ea ad dexteram vel ad sinistram, ut intelligas cuncta quæ agis.

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English

Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Notes

Joshua 1:6–9

For emphasis, God told Joshua three times that he would need to be strong and courageous in order to be successful against the Canaanites. There were a lot more Canaanites than Israelites at the time.

The people also needed to obey all the instructions Moses had given them so they could:

settle the land,
establish farms with successful production, and
build homes, villages, and cities.

The land belongs to God, as does the whole earth (Psalm 24:1). God brought Israel into Canaan as tenants, not as owners (Leviticus 25:23).

Joshua 1:1–9

God confirmed Joshua as Israel's leader and the man to succeed Moses. God promised Abraham that those descended from him would possess the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:7; 15:7; 17:8). God repeated this promise to Moses (Exodus 3:6–8; 13:3–5; Deuteronomy 1:6–8; 6:10–19). Now, God was ready to fulfill this promise through Joshua.

Joshua led the army of Israel's first people who settled in the land God promised to give Israel. Joshua had victories against two Canaanite groups. First, he won battles in the south and then in the north. This allowed access to the hill country for settlement by the Israelites.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua God's Word at the Center Oppression of God’s People The Collapse of Culture True Success

Events

Crossing the Jordan into Canaan

Related verses

1 Chronicles 22:13
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Deuteronomy 5:32
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
Joshua 11:15
As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
Proverbs 4:27
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
Deuteronomy 28:14
Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Deuteronomy 31:7
Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 29:9
So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
Numbers 27:23
…and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
1 Kings 2:3
And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

Parallels

Deuteronomy 11:8–17

People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Fear Inheritance Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Numbers, Book of Reward Servant Tribe of Dan

Topics

Being Successful Call: To Special Religious Duty: Joshua Christian Minister: Charge Delivered To Communion: Joshua Courage: Enjoined Upon Joshua Decision: Exhibited in Blessedness of Decision: Exhortation To Faith: Enjoined Holy Boldness: Exhortations To Joshua: Also Called Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea: Promises To Rulers: Duties of Travel War: God In

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