Joshua 1:1

THE MESSAGE

After the death of Moses the servant of God , God spoke to Joshua, Moses' assistant: "Moses my servant is dead. Get going. Cross this Jordan River, you and all the people. Cross to the country I'm giving to the People of Israel. I'm giving you every square inch of the land you set your foot on—just as I promised Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon east to the Great River, the Euphrates River—all the Hittite country—and then west to the Great Sea. It's all yours. All your life, no one will be able to hold out against you. In the same way I was with Moses, I'll be with you. I won't give up on you; I won't leave you. Strength! Courage! You are going to lead this people to inherit the land that I promised to give their ancestors. Give it everything you have, heart and soul. Make sure you carry out The Revelation that Moses commanded you, every bit of it. Don't get off track, either left or right, so as to make sure you get to where you're going. And don't for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you'll get where you're going; then you'll succeed. Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discouraged. God , your God, is with you every step you take."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’s assistant:

Hebrew Names Version
Now it happened after the death of Moshe the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke to Yehoshua the son of Nun, Moshe' minister, saying,

King James Version
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,

Lexham English Bible
After the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh said to Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, saying,

English Standard Version
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord , the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant,

New Century Version
After Moses, the servant of the Lord , died, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant.

New English Translation
After Moses the Lord 's servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant:

Amplified Bible
Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant (attendant), saying,

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe after the death of Moses the seruant of the Lorde, the Lord spake vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, Moses minister, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' attendant, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Moses, the Lord 's servant, was dead. So the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had been the assistant of Moses. The Lord said:

Complete Jewish Bible
After the death of Moshe the servant of Adonai , Adonai said to Y'hoshua the son of Nun, Moshe's assistant,

Darby Translation
And it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' attendant, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Moses was the Lord 's servant, and Joshua son of Nun was Moses' helper. After Moses died, the Lord spoke to Joshua and said,

George Lamsa Translation
AFTER the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses minister,

Good News Translation
After the death of the Lord 's servant Moses, the Lord spoke to Moses' helper, Joshua son of Nun.

Literal Translation
And it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After the death of Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE, spake the LORDE vnto Iosua ye sonne of Nun Moses mynister:

American Standard Version
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, the word of the Lord came to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' helper, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
After the death of Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord, it came to passe also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah ye sonne of Nun, Moyses minister, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Nowe after the death of Moses the seruant of the Lord, it came to passe, that the Lord spake vnto Ioshua the sonne of Nun, Moses minister, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Naue, the minister of Moses, saying,

English Revised Version
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was doon aftir the deeth of Moyses, seruaunt of the Lord, that the Lord spak to Josue, sone of Nun, the mynystre of Moyses, and seide to hym, Moises, my seruaunt, is deed;

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, saying,

Update Bible Version
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the slave of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses's minister, saying,

World English Bible
Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

New King James Version
After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying:

New Living Translation
After the death of Moses the Lord 's servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant. He said,

New Life Bible
After the death of the Lord's servant Moses, the Lord said to Moses' helper, Joshua the son of Nun,

New Revised Standard
After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord , the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, - that Yahweh spake unto Joshua son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Josue, the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and said to him:

Revised Standard Version
After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹After the death of Moses the servant of God , God spoke to Joshua, Moses' assistant: "Moses my servant is dead. Get going. Cross this Jordan River, you and all the people. Cross to the country I'm giving to the People of Israel. I'm giving you every square inch of the land you set your foot on—just as I promised Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon east to the Great River, the Euphrates River—all the Hittite country—and then west to the Great Sea. It's all yours. All your life, no one will be able to hold out against you. In the same way I was with Moses, I'll be with you. I won't give up on you; I won't leave you. Strength! Courage! You are going to lead this people to inherit the land that I promised to give their ancestors. Give it everything you have, heart and soul. Make sure you carry out The Revelation that Moses commanded you, every bit of it. Don't get off track, either left or right, so as to make sure you get to where you're going. And don't for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you'll get where you're going; then you'll succeed. Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discouraged. God , your God, is with you every step you take."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the death: Joshua 12:6. See on Deuteronomy 33:1, Deuteronomy 34:5, Acts 13:36, Acts 13:37, Romans 1:1, Titus 1:1, James 1:1, Revelation 1:18

Joshua: Exodus 17:9-13. See on Numbers 13:8, Numbers 13:16, Deuteronomy 1:38, Deuteronomy 31:3, Deuteronomy 31:23, Deuteronomy 34:9, Acts 7:45, Jesus

Moses' minister: Exodus 24:13, Numbers 11:28, 1 Kings 19:16, 2 Kings 3:11, 2 Kings 4:27-29, 2 Kings 5:25-27, Matthew 20:26, Matthew 20:27, Luke 16:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:17 - thy seed Genesis 49:24 - the shepherd Joshua 1:2 - Moses Joshua 1:7 - which Moses 2 Kings 2:5 - thy master 2 Kings 2:14 - smote 2 Kings 18:12 - Moses 1 Chronicles 6:49 - Moses Nehemiah 8:17 - Jeshua Nehemiah 9:23 - broughtest 2 Timothy 2:24 - the servant Hebrews 11:31 - she had

Cross-References

Genesis 1:11
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.

Genesis 1:16
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.

Genesis 1:20
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.

Exodus 31:18
When he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, he gave Moses two tablets of Testimony, slabs of stone, written with the finger of God.

Nehemiah 9:6
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!

Psalms 8:3
I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?

Psalms 33:6
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.

Psalms 104:24
What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom.

Psalms 124:8
God 's strong name is our help, the same God who made heaven and earth.

Proverbs 3:19
With Lady Wisdom, God formed Earth; with Madame Insight, he raised Heaven. They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface, and dew to descend from the night skies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now after the death of Moses,.... Or "and after" h; the book begins as if something went before, it is connected with; and indeed it seems to be the last chapter of the book of Deuteronomy, which treats of the death of Moses; and Joshua being the penman of Deuteronomy 34:5, as say the Talmudists i, and of this book, as has been seen, having wrote them, he goes on with the history of his own affairs in strict connection with that account, beginning where that ended; namely, at the death of Moses, whose character here given is

the servant of the Lord; and a faithful one he was in all things belonging to it, and in whatsoever was enjoined him by the Lord, see

Deuteronomy 34:5;

and it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun,

Moses's minister; either in a dream, or vision, or by an articulate voice out of the sanctuary: of Joshua's descent and relation, see

Exodus 33:11; and of his office under Moses, not as a menial servant, but a minister of state, see Exodus 24:13;

saying; as follows.

h ויהי "et factum est", V. L. "et fuit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. i T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 14. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now ... - Hebrew: “and, ...” The statement following is thus connected with some previous one, which is assumed to be known to the reader. So Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, etc., are by the same means linked on to the books preceding them. The connection here is the closer, since the Book of Deuteronomy concludes, and the book of Joshua opens, by referring to the death of Moses.

Moses, the servant of the Lord - On the epithet, see the marginal reference “b.”

Moses’ minister - It is impossible altogether to pass by the typical application of this verse. Moses, representing the law, is dead; Joshua, or, as that name is written in Greek, Jesus, is now bidden by God to do what Moses could not - lead the people into the promised land. Joshua was “Moses’ minister,” just as Christ was “made under the Law;” but it was Joshua, not Moses, who worked out the accomplishment of the blessings which the Law promised. On the name Joshua, see Exodus 17:9 note, and Numbers 13:16.

Saying - No doubt directly, by an immediate revelation, but not as God spake to Moses, “mouth to mouth” Numbers 12:8. Though upon Joshua’s appointment to be Moses’ successor (Numbers 27:18 ff), it had been directed that “counsel should be asked” for him through the medium of Eleazar “after the judgment of Urim,” yet this was evidently a resource provided to meet cases of doubt and difficulty. Here there was no such case; but the appointed leader, knowing well the purpose of God, needed to be stirred up to instant execution of it; and the people too might require the encouragement of a renewed divine command to set out at once upon the great enterprise before them (compare Joshua 1:13).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

THE BOOK OF JOSHUA

-Year before the common Year of Christ, 1451.

-Julian Period, 3263.

-Cycle of the Sun, 10.

-Dominical Letter, B.

-Cycle of the Moon, 10.

-Indiction, 15.

-Creation from Tisri or September, 2553.

CHAPTER I

Moses being dead, God commissions Joshua to bring the people

into the promised land, 1, 2.

The extent of the land to be possessed, 3, 4.

Joshua is assured of victory over all his enemies, and is

exhorted to courage and activity, 5, 6;

and to be careful to act, in all things, according to the law of

Moses, in which he us to meditate day and night, 7, 8.

He is again exhorted to courage, with the promise of continued

support, 9.

Joshua commands the officers to prepare the people for their

passage over Jordan, 10, 11.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and half tribe of Manasseh, are put in

mind of their engagement to pass over with their brethren,

12-15.

They promise the strictest obedience, and pray for the prosperity

of their leader, 16-18.

NOTES ON CHAP. I

Verse Joshua 1:1. Now after the death of Moses — ויהי vayehi, and it was or happened after the death of Moses. Even the first words in this book show it to be a continuation of the preceding, and intimately connected with the narrative in the last chapter in Deuteronomy, of which I suppose Joshua to have been the author, and that chapter to have originally made the commencement of this book (Deuteronomy 34:1-12). See the notes there. The time referred to here must have been at the conclusion of the thirty days in which they mourned for Moses.