Yosua 1:1-2

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant: 1:2 “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! ¹  Cross the Jordan River! ²  Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. ³ 

Yosua 1:10

Joshua Prepares for the Invasion

1:10 Joshua instructed ⁴  the leaders of the people:

Yosua 1:16-18

1:16 They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us. 1:17 Just as we obeyed ⁵  Moses, so we will obey you. But ⁶  may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses! 1:18 Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. ⁷  But ⁸  be strong and brave!”

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Get up!”

[1:2]  ² tn Heb “this Jordan”; the word “River” has been supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in v. 11).

[1:2]  ³ tc Heb “Cross over this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.” The final phrase, “to the children of Israel,” is probably a later scribal addition specifying the identity of “these people/them.”

[1:10]  ⁴ tn Or “commanded.”

[1:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “listened to.”

[1:17]  ⁶ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 18 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).

[1:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “any man who rebels against your mouth and does not listen to your words, to all which you command us, will be put to death.”

[1:18]  ⁸ tn Or “Only.” Here and in v. 17 this word qualifies what precedes (see also v. 7).