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Deuteronomy 31:23

in Deuteronomy 31

Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

KJV

And 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.

This verse in Deuteronomy 31

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

So that very day Moses wrote down this song

on Deuteronomy 31:22-23

Moses writes and teaches the song that same day, so the witness is in place long before the failure. The charge to Joshua in verse 23 repeats verse 7 with “I will be with you” added.

This site's exposition

Joshua son of Nun

The LORD commissions Joshua son of Nun, whom Moses had renamed from Hoshea at Numbers 13:16. The new name means the LORD saves. Its Greek form is Iesous, the name of Jesus, and Hebrews 4:8 uses that name for the Joshua who brought the Israelites into the land.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Thou shalt put them into possession of Canaan. If they afterwards by their sin throw themselves out of it again, that will be no fault of thine, nor any dishonour to thee, therefore be of good courage. " II. The solemn delivery of the book of the law to the Levites, to be deposited in the side of the ark, is here again related (

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The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְצַ֞וand he commissioned

    vaytzavH6680 →494 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • בִּן־[the] son of

    bin-H1121 →4930 times

  • נ֗וּןNun

    nunH5126 →30 times

  • וַיֹּאמֶר֮and he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • חֲזַ֣קbe strong

    chazakH2388 →291 times

  • וֶֽאֱמָץ֒and be bold

    veematzH553 →41 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • אַתָּ֗הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • תָּבִיא֙you will bring

    tavi'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָאָ֖רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּיI swore

    nishba'tiH7650 →186 times

  • לָהֶ֑םto <the> them

    lahem

  • וְאָנֹכִ֖יand I

    veanokhiH595 →359 times

  • אֶֽהְיֶ֥הI will be

    ʾehyehH1961 →3559 times

  • עִמָּֽךְ׃with you

    ʾimakhH5973 →1050 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:3

    The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 9:3

      But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate…

    • Deuteronomy 3:28

      But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”

    • Joshua 4:14

      On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 3:28

    But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 31:3

      The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

    • Deuteronomy 31:7

      Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to…

    • Deuteronomy 1:38

      Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 31:14

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 27:13

      After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was;

  • Through

    Acts 7:45

    And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

    it leads to

    • Psalms 44:2

      With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

This page draws on Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 13:8, 13:16; Hebrews 4:8; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.