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Chapter 1
1 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:
2 Moses my servant is dead: arise, and pass over this Jordan, you and your people with you, into the land which I will give to the children of Israel.
3 I will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, as I have said to Moses.
4 From the desert and from Libanus unto the great river Euphrates, all the land of the Hethites unto the great sea toward the going; down of the sun, shall be your border.
5 No man shall be able to resist you all the days of your life: as I have been with Moses, so will I be with you: I will not leave you, nor forsake you.
6 Take courage, and be strong: for you shall divide by lot to this people the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that I would deliver it to them.
7 Take courage therefore, and be very valiant: that you may observe and do all the law, which Moses my servant has commanded you: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may understand all things which you do.
8 Let not the book of this law depart from your mouth: but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do all things that are written in it: then shall you direct your way, and understand it.
9 Behold I command you, take courage, end be strong. Fear not and be not dismayed: because the Lord your God is with you in all things whatsoever you shall go to.
10 And Josue commanded the princes of the people, saying: Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, and say:
11 Prepare you victuals: for after the third day you shall pass over the Jordan and shall go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you.
12 And he said to the Rubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses:
13 Remember the word, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying: The Lord your God has given you rest, and all this land.
14 Your wives, and children, and cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren, all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them,
15 Until the Lord give rest to your brethren as he has given you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them: and so you shall return into the land of your possession, and you shall dwell in it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.
16 And they made answer to Josue, and said: All that you have commanded us we will do; and whithersoever you shall send us, we will go.
17 As we obeyed Moses in all things, so will we obey you also: only be the Lord your God with you, as he was with Moses.
18 He that shall gainsay your mouth, and not obey all your words, that you shall command him, let him die: only take you courage, and do manfully.