Joshua 1:1-6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Encouragement of Joshua

1 After the death of Moses^(A) the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua^[a] son of Nun,^(B) who had served Moses: ² “Moses My servant is dead.^(C) Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordan^(D) to the land I am giving the Israelites. ³ I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads,^(E) just as I promised Moses. ⁴ Your territory will be from the wilderness and Lebanon^(F) to the great Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittites^(G)—and west to the Mediterranean Sea.^{[b](H) 5} No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live.^(I) I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or forsake you.^(J)

⁶ “Be strong and courageous,^(K) for you will distribute the land I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance.^(L)