Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.<n id="1" />p>

Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.<n id="1" />

I repeat,<n id="1" /> be strong and brave! Don&#8217;t be afraid and don&#8217;t panic,<n id="2" /> for I, the <sc>Lordsc> your God, am with you in all you do.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed.<n id="1" /> But<n id="2" /> be strong and brave!&#8221;p>

Be very strong! Carefully obey<n id="1" /> all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won&#8217;t swerve from it to the right or the left,

Make sure you are<n id="1" /> very strong and brave! Carefully obey<n id="2" /> all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep!<n id="3" /> Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful<n id="4" /> in all you do.<n id="5" />

Then Joshua said to them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid and don&#8217;t panic!<n id="1" /> Be strong and brave, for the <sc>Lordsc> will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.

for the <sc>Lordsc> determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.<n id="1" />p>