Scripture Verses: Josh 1:1-2:14
Josh 1 (KJV)
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
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. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread
upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 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. And to the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake
Joshua, saying, 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. 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 valour, and help
them; 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.
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will
do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 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. 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.
Josh 2:1-14 (KJV)
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an
harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. And it was told the king
of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children
of Israel to search out the country. And the king of Jericho sent unto
Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered
into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. And
the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men
unto me, but I wist not whence they were: And it came to pass about the
time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out:
whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall
overtake them. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and
hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the
roof. And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords:
and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut
the gate. And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the
roof; And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the
land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants
of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the LORD dried
up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what
ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side
Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had
heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any
more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is
God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. Now therefore, I pray you,
swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will
also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: And
that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and
my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our
business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that
we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
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