Joshua 1:10
8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
9 Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
11 “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people:
- KJV
- Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- WEB
- Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- ASV
- Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- DARBY
- And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- BLB
- And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- ÅB
- Da befalte Josva folkets tilsynsmenn og sa:
- OTB
- Så befalte Josva folkets offiserer og sa:
- B1930
- Da bød Josva folkets tilsynsmenn og sa: