Joshua 1:7

Therefore, be strengthened and be very steadfast, so that you may observe and accomplish the entire law, which Moses, my servant, instructed to you. You may not turn aside from it to the right, nor to the left. So may you understand all that you should do.

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In The King James Version

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

In Context

6Be strengthened and be steadfast. For you shall divide by lot, to this people, the land about which I swore to their fathers that I would deliver it to them.

8The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23And imposing his hands upon his head, he repeated all that the Lord had commanded.

Deuteronomy 5:32And so, keep and do the things which the Lord God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.

Deuteronomy 28:14and will not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.

Deuteronomy 29:9Therefore, keep the words of this covenant, and fulfill them, so that you may understand all that you are doing.

Joshua 1:1And after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, it happened that the Lord spoke to Joshua, the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and he said to him:

Joshua 11:15Just as the Lord had instructed his servant Moses, so did Moses instruct Joshua, and he fulfilled everything. He did not omit even one word out of all the commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 1:2-10

Joshua to Esther PREFACE Joshua to Esther This second volume of methodized and practical expositions of the inspired writings ventures abroad with fear and trembling in the same plain and homely dress with the former on the Pentateuch. Ornari res ipsa negat; contenta doceri— the subject requires no ornament; to have it apprehended is all. But I trust, through grace, it proceeds from the same honest design to promote the knowledge of the scripture, in order to the reforming of men's hearts and lives. If I may but… Read the whole commentary →

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