Joshua 23:6
4 See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
5 The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
7 So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.
8 Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
- KJV
- Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
- WEB
- “Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn away from it to the right hand or to the left;
- ASV
- Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
- DARBY
- And be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
- BLB
- And be very courageous to keep and to do everything written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,
- ÅB
- Så vær nå faste i å holde og gjøre alt det som er skrevet i Mose lovbok, så dere ikke viker derfra hverken til høyre eller til venstre,
- OTB
- Vær meget bestemte på å følge og gjøre alt som er skrevet i Mose lovbok, uten å avvike til høyre eller venstre,
- B1930
- Så vær nu faste i å holde og gjøre alt det som er skrevet i Mose lovbok, så I ikke viker derfra hverken til høire eller til venstre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 28:14
Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:32
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
Read in contextHebrews 12:4
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Read in contextJoshua 1:7–9
Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
Read in contextEphesians 6:10–19
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 17:20
Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
Read in contextProverbs 4:26–27
Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
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