15 (A)As the Lord had commanded Moses His servant, so (B)Moses commanded Joshua, and (C)so Joshua did. [a]He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

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  1. Joshua 11:15 Lit. He turned aside from nothing

15 As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.(A)

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Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law (A)which Moses My servant commanded you; (B)do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may [a]prosper wherever you go.

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  1. Joshua 1:7 have success or act wisely

“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey(A) all the law(B) my servant Moses(C) gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left,(D) that you may be successful wherever you go.(E)

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20 how (A)I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,

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20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything(A) that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.

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and when the Lord your God delivers (A)them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. (B)You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them.

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and when the Lord your God has delivered(A) them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy(B) them totally.[a](C) Make no treaty(D) with them, and show them no mercy.(E)

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  1. Deuteronomy 7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.

11 (A)Observe what I command you this day. Behold, (B)I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 12 (C)Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst. 13 But you shall (D)destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and (E)cut down their wooden images

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11 Obey what I command(A) you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.(B) 12 Be careful not to make a treaty(C) with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare(D) among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](E)

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  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah

27 For I have not [a]shunned to declare to you (A)the whole counsel of God.

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  1. Acts 20:27 avoided declaring

27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(A)

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12 Also (A)the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, (B)at the word of the Lord.

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12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity(A) of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.

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Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, (A)“Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.

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Then Moses summoned Joshua and said(A) to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them,(B) and you must divide it among them as their inheritance.

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32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; (A)you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

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32 See that you do all I command you; do not add(A) to it or take away from it.[a]

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:32 In Hebrew texts this verse (12:32) is numbered 13:1.

“Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.

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See, I have taught(A) you decrees and laws(B) as the Lord my God commanded(C) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(D) to take possession of it.

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(A)You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

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Do not add(A) to what I command you and do not subtract(B) from it, but keep(C) the commands(D) of the Lord your God that I give you.

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11 (A)“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has (B)turned back from following Me, (C)and has not performed My commandments.” And it (D)grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the Lord all night.

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11 “I regret(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(C) Samuel was angry,(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

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(A)He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and (B)utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people (C)spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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He took Agag(A) king of the Amalekites alive,(B) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. But Saul and the army spared(C) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[a] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.