Thursday, December 13, 2007

Entering Israel

From Joshua 1:1-11
After Moses, the servant of the LORD, had died, the LORD said to Moses' aide Joshua, son of Nun:
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"My servant Moses is dead. So prepare to cross the Jordan here, with all the people into the land I will give the Israelites.
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As I promised Moses, I will deliver to you every place where you set foot.
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1 Your domain is to be all the land of the Hittites, from the desert and from Lebanon east to the great river Euphrates and west to the Great Sea.
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No one can withstand you while you live. I will be with you as I was with Moses: I will not leave you nor forsake you.
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Be firm and steadfast, so that you may give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers I would give them.
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Above all, be firm and steadfast, taking care to observe the entire law which my servant Moses enjoined on you. Do not swerve from it either to the right or to the left, that you may succeed wherever you go.
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Keep this book of the law on your lips. Recite it by day and by night, that you may observe carefully all that is written in it; then you will successfully attain your goal.
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I command you: be firm and steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD, your God, is with you wherever you go."
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So Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
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"Go through the camp and instruct the people, 'Prepare your provisions, for three days from now you shall cross the Jordan here, to march in and take possession of the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you.'"

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