Joshua 1:1-17
died <04194> [the death.]
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Joshua <03091> [Joshua.]
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[Jesus.]
Moses' minister.
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
Get <06965> [arise.]
wilderness <04057> [From the wilderness.]
That is, their utmost limits should be from the Desert of Arabia Petr‘a on the south, to Lebanon on the north; and from the Euphrates on the east, to the Great Sea, or the Mediterranean, on the west. The Israelites did not possess the full extent of this grant till the time of David.
<0376> [There shall.]
Moses <04872> [as I was.]
abandon <07503> [I will not.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
people <05971> [unto this people, etc. or, thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land. divide.]
promised <07650> [which I sware.]
Moses <04872> [which Moses.]
swerve ...... right <05493 03225> [turn not.]
obey ............................. successful <08104 07919> [that.]
successful <07919> [prosper. or, do wisely.]
scroll <05612> [book.]
memorize .................... prosper .... successful <01897 06743 07919> [thou shalt.]
carefully <08104> [observe.]
successful <07919> [have good success. or, do wisely.]
repeat <06680> [Have.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
afraid <06206> [be not.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
leaders .... people <07860 05971> [the officers of the people.]
The {shoterim,} or officers, were different from the {shophetim,} who were the judges among the people. The {shoterim} have been supposed to be subordinate officers, whose business it was to see the decisions of the {shophetim} carried into effect. Calmet conjectures, that the {shoterim} here may have been the heralds of the army.
three days <03117 07969> [three days.]
Go .................. cross <05674> [ye shall.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
armed for battle <02571> [armed. Heb. marshalled by five.]
warriors <01368> [the mighty.]
Lord ................. Lord .......................... Lord's <03068> [Until.]
go back <07725> [then ye shall.]
Lord <03068> [only the Lord.]