Joshua 18:3
So Joshua said to the Israelites:“How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the LORD God of your ancestors has given you?
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- Judg 18:9 : 9 They said,“Come on, let’s attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don’t hesitate to invade and conquer the land.
- Prov 2:2-6 : 2 by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding, 3 indeed, if you call out for discernment– shout loudly for understanding– 4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, 5 then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
- Prov 10:4 : 4 The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
- Prov 13:4 : 4 The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
- Prov 15:19 : 19 The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
- Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
- Zeph 3:16 : 16 On that day they will say to Jerusalem,“Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!
- Matt 20:6 : 6 And about five o’clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them,‘Why are you standing here all day without work?’
- John 6:27 : 27 Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”
- Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 14 with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin. 11 For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.
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1The Lord Speaks to Joshua When Joshua was very old, the LORD told him,“You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.
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8Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.”
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9They said,“Come on, let’s attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don’t hesitate to invade and conquer the land.
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21Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”
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2seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land.
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15until the LORD gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the LORD’s servant assigned you east of the Jordan.”
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18Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes At that time I instructed you as follows:“The LORD your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle.
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10Joshua Prepares for the Invasion Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:
11“Go through the camp and command the people,‘Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the LORD your God is ready to hand over to you.’”
12Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh:
13“Remember what Moses the LORD’s servant commanded you. The LORD your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you.
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38However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
39Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it.
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31For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the LORD your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.
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7Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel,“Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the LORD promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it.
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7Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the LORD has given them?
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23Joshua conquered the whole land, just as the LORD had promised Moses, and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. Then the land was free of war.
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3As for the LORD your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the LORD has said.
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28Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”
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9Joshua told the Israelites,“Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God!”
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4Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.
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20You must fight until the LORD gives your countrymen victory as he did you and they take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you.”
21I also commanded Joshua at the same time,“You have seen everything the LORD your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going.
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6The End of an Era When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.
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53You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.
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1Judah’s Tribal Lands The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.
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6Be 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.
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2“Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.
3I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses.
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4Now the LORD your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes in your own land which Moses the LORD’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.
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11Then he said to me,“Get up, set out leading the people so they may go and possess the land I promised to give to their ancestors.”
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24Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.
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9for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.
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6Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.
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22and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the LORD and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the LORD’s sight.
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23and the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun,“Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”
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1Joshua Challenges Israel to be Faithful A long time passed after the LORD made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.
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23Since the LORD God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them?
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8The Abundance of the Land of Promise Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,
9and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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43So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.
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8When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land,“Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the LORD here in Shiloh.”
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51“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
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5It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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10The LORD responded to Joshua,“Get up! Why are you lying there face down?