Joshua 1:7

Be strong, therefore, and quit yourself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded you; and you shall not turn + 1:7 Gr. from them, sc. the commands. therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that you may be wise in whatever you may do.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 strong and quit yourself like a man, for you shall divide the land to this people, which I swore to give to + 1:6 Gr. to your fathers, to give them. your fathers.

8And the book of this law shall not depart out of your mouth, and you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shall you prosper, and make your ways prosperous, and then shall you be wise.

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Cross References

Numbers 27:23And he laid his hands on him, and appointed him as the Lord ordered Moses.

Deuteronomy 5:32And you⌃ shall take heed to do as the Lord your God commanded you; you⌃ shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left,

Deuteronomy 28:14You shall not turn aside from any of the commandments, which I charge you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 29:9And you⌃ shall take heed to do all the words of this covenant, that you⌃ may understand all things that you⌃ shall do.

Joshua 1:1And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Naue, the minister of Moses, saying,

Joshua 11:15As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, even so Moses commanded Joshua; and so Joshua did, he transgressed no precept of all that Moses commanded him.

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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