Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
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Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
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But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
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Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 1:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 3:28 But commission Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.”
- Numbers 14:30 surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Deuteronomy 31:7-8 Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it. Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”
- Deuteronomy 31:14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, your days approach that you must die. Call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him.” Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
- Deuteronomy 31:23 He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them. I will be with you.”
- 1 Samuel 16:22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.”
- Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
- Exodus 17:9-14 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset. Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
- Exodus 24:13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
- Exodus 33:11 Yahweh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, didn’t depart from the Tent.
- Numbers 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
- Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- Numbers 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
- Numbers 26:65 For Yahweh had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Numbers 27:18-23 Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight. You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.” Moses did as Yahweh commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.
- Joshua 1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,
- Joshua 1:6-9 “Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which ministreth unto thee.
Which ministreth unto thee.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which standeth before thee, i.e. who is now thy…
Which standeth before thee, i.e. who is now thy minister and servant, for such are oft described by this phrase, as 1Ki 1:2; Dan 1:5,19.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But Joshua, the son of Nun, which standeth before…
But Joshua, the son of Nun, which standeth before thee,.... His servant and minister, which this phrase is expressive of:
he shall go in thither: into the good land, instead of Moses, and as his successor, and who was to go before the children of Israel, and introduce them into it, as a type of Christ, who brings many sons to glory:
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encourage him; with the promise of the divine Presence with him, and of success in subduing the Canaanites, and settling the people of Israel in their land; and so we read that Moses did encourage him, Deu 31:7.
for he shall cause Israel to inherit it; go before them as their captain, and lead them into it; fight their battles for them, conquer their enemies, and divide the land by lot for an inheritance unto them; so the heavenly inheritance is not by the law of Moses, and the works of it, but by Joshua, or Jesus, the Saviour, by his achievements, victories, and conquests.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Who standeth - Who is now thy servant.
Who standeth - Who is now thy servant.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 38. Joshua the son of Nun] So Deu_3:28; P,…
38. Joshua the son of Nun] So Deu_3:28; P, Num_27:18 ff.; not given in JE.
which standeth before thee] Deu_10:8; so a servant stood before his lord, a courtier before his king, and the Levites before Jehovah. JE, Exo_24:13 f., the minister of Moses.
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encourage thou him] lit. him make thou strong. The vb ḥizzeḳ, alone as here, or with the synonymous vb ’immeṣ Deu_3:28; or in their intransitive forms Deu_31:6-7; Deu_31:23. Cp. Deu_11:8, Deu_12:23 (be firm).
cause … to inherit] characteristic of D: used of Joshua here, Deu_3:28, Deu_31:7; Jos_1:6; but of God 12 to, Deu_19:3. Outside D only in Jer_3:18; Jer_12:14; Eze_46:18 and later writers. P uses another form of the vb, Num_34:29; Jos_13:32; Jos_14:1; Jos_19:51.
Further Note to Deu_1:36-38. Because Moses has just been described as seeking to turn the people from their sin, 29 ff., and it is therefore unreasonable to include him in their punishment; because Deu_1:37-38 needlessly anticipate Deu_3:26; Deu_3:28 and Deu_4:21; and because Deu_1:39 in whole or part follows suitably on Deu_1:36; therefore Deu_1:37-38 are taken by many (Dillm., W. R. Smith, Steuern., Berth, etc.) as a later addition to the text. And indeed the beginning of Deu_1:39 shows that the original has been disturbed by an editorial hand (see below). Steuern. would also omit Deu_1:36 on the ground that Kaleb has not been previously mentioned in this survey. But Kaleb is mentioned in JE on which this survey otherwise depends. In whatever way these textual questions may be decided, the parallel passages Deu_3:26 ff. and Deu_4:21 confirm the fact of a D tradition or statement that Jehovah was angry with Moses for the people’s sake. This can only mean, their guilt was great enough to include the very leader who had done his best to dissuade them from their disaffection! Now neither JE nor P gives any hint of so remarkable a judgement. On the contrary, P accounts for the exclusion of Moses by his own sin in striking the rock at Ḳadesh 37 years after this disaffection of Israel, Num_21:10 ff; Num_27:13 f.; Deu_32:50 f. The most reasonable explanation of such discrepancies is that they are discrepancies not of fact but or opinion. The earliest tradition, JE, merely held the facts that Kaleb survived and that Moses died on the eve of the possession of the Promised Land. The problem, which arose from this contrast of fortune, the deuteronomic writers solved by the statement that Moses was included in the guilt of the people when, startled by the report of the spies, they refused to invade Canaan from the S. in the second year of the wandering; and this agrees with the deuteronomic principle of the ethical solidarity of Israel. But the later priestly writer or writers, under the influence of the idea, first emphasized in the time of Jeremiah and Ezekiel (Jer_31:29 f., Ezekiel 18), that every man died because of his own sin, found a solution for the problem in Moses’ own guilt in presumptuously striking the rock at Ḳadesh, 37 years later. In this double engagement, from two different standpoints, with so difficult a problem, note the strong evidence that the survival of Kaleb and the death of Moses before Israel’s entrance to the Land were regarded as irremoveable elements of the early tradition.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Though the rebellious generation were to perish, and Moses…
Though the rebellious generation were to perish, and Moses was not to be permitted to enter Canaan, God would not depart from his promise, but would by another leader bring the people to the inheritance which he had sworn to their fathers to give them. (For the account of Joshua"s appointment and installation, see Num_27:15-23) Which standeth before thee; i.e. to be thy minister or servant (Exo_24:13; Num_11:28; comp. for the meaning of the phrase Deu_10:8 Deu_18:7; Dan_1:5) Encourage him; literally, strengthen him. (comp. Deu_3:21, 22 31:7, 8) Inherit it; the "it" refers back to ver. 35, "that good land." In vers. 8 and 21, the land is spoken of as to be possessed by the Israelites; here it is spoken of as to be inherited by them. The former has reference to their having to wrest the land by force from the Canaanites (vry; to occupy by force, to dispossess; Deu_2:12, Deu_2:21, Deu_2:22, where the verb is, in the Authorized Version, rendered by "destroy" the latter has reference to their receiving the land as a heritage (ljn) from God, who, when he divided to the nations their inheritance, assigned Canaan to the children of Israel. (Deu_32:8) "Joshua the executor of the inheritance" (Schroeder).
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