KJV King James Version
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,
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Joshua 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,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
WEB World English Bible
Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, saying,
Surrounding context — Joshua 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 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 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beאַחֲרֵ֛יH310 · a.charafterמ֥וֹתH4194 · ma.vetdeathמֹשֶׁ֖הH4872 · mo.shehMosesעֶ֣בֶדH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaבִּן־H1121 · benson: childנ֔וּןH5126 · nunNunמְשָׁרֵ֥תH8334 · sha.ratto ministerמֹשֶׁ֖הH4872 · mo.shehMosesלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 34:9And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.Deuteronomy 31:23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.Deuteronomy 1:38[But] Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.Deuteronomy 31:3The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, [and] he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.2 Kings 5:25-27But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence [comest thou], Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.Exodus 24:13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.Joshua 12:6Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it [for] a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.Numbers 13:8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.Numbers 11:28And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, [one] of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.Acts 13:36-37For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:2 Kings 4:27-29And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul [is] vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid [it] from me, and hath not told me.Numbers 12:7My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful in all mine house.Exodus 17:9-13And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.Numbers 13:16These [are] the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.1 Kings 19:16And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint [to be] king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint [to be] prophet in thy room.Deuteronomy 33:1And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.Acts 7:45Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
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