Joshua Assumes Command

Joshua 1

¹⁰ And Joshua commanded the _p officers of the people, ¹¹ "Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, 'Prepare your provisions, for _q within three days _r you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.'"

¹² And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua said, ¹³ "Remember the word that _s Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, 'The Lord your God is providing you a place of rest and will give you this land.' ¹⁴ Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but all the men of valor among you shall pass over armed before your brothers and shall help them, ¹⁵ _t until the Lord gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they also take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them. _u Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise."

¹⁶ And they answered Joshua, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. ¹⁷ Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God _v be with you, as he was with Moses! ¹⁸ Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. _w Only be strong and courageous."

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 16:18
   You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
   
2. Cross References
   Joshua 3:2
   At the end of three days the officers went through the camp
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 9:1
   Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven.
   Deuteronomy 11:31
   For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it.
   
4. Cross References
   Numbers 32:20 - 28
   So Moses said to them, "If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 3:20
   Until the Lord gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also occupy the land that the Lord your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.
   
6. Cross References
   Joshua 22:4
   And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
   
7. Cross References
   Joshua 1:5
   No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
   
8. Cross References
   Joshua 1:6 - 7
   Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
   Joshua 1:9
   Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
   

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