And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go.
So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every place whither thou dost send us, we go;
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us will we do, and whither thou shalt send us will we go.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJoshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
- Author
- Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
- Date
- Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period