Joshua 1:16

They answered Joshua, “Whatever you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

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In The King James Version

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

In Context

15until the Lord settles your kinsmen like yourselves, until they get possession of the land which the Lord your God assigns to them. Then you can return to your own region and occupy the land assigned you by Moses the servant of the Lord on the eastern bank of the Jordan.”

17As we obeyed Moses in everything, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses!

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Cross References

Romans 13:1Let everyone obey the supreme authorities. For no authority exists except by the will of God, and the existing authorities have been appointed by God.

1 Peter 2:13Submit to all human institutions for the Lord’s sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority,

Matthew Henry on Joshua 1:11-16

Joshua's Address to the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it. 12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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