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Be strong and courageous, for you will give the people this land as an inheritance that I swore to their ancestors[a] to give them. Only be strong and very courageous to observe diligently the whole law[b] that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it, to the right or left, so that you may succeed wherever you go.[c] The scroll of this law will not depart from your mouth; you will meditate on it day and night so that you may observe diligently all that is written[d] in it. For then you will succeed in your ways and prosper.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 1:6 Or “fathers”
  2. Joshua 1:7 Literally “to keep and to act according to the whole law”
  3. Joshua 1:7 Literally “in all that you go”
  4. Joshua 1:8 Literally “to keep and to act according to all that is written”

Be strong(A) and courageous,(B) because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors(C) to give them.

“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey(D) all the law(E) my servant Moses(F) gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left,(G) that you may be successful wherever you go.(H) Keep this Book of the Law(I) always on your lips;(J) meditate(K) on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.(L)

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