Joshua

How Joshua begins

The first verses of Joshua 1 in the King James Version.

1. Josh 1:1

   Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,

2. Josh 1:2

   Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

3. Josh 1:3

   Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

4. Josh 1:4

   From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

5. Josh 1:5

   There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

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Joshua is book 6 of the 66 in the King James Bible, with 24 chapters and 658 verses in the public-domain text.