Joshua 23:6 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 23:6

Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

BSB

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ASV

Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

KJV

Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Very courageous - For it will require great courage and resolution to execute all the commands of Moses, and particularly, that of expelling and destroying the residue of the Canaanites. The right hand or the left - That is, in one kind or other, by adding to the law, or diminishing from it.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַחֲזַקְתֶּ֣ם	va.cha.zak.Tem	and you will be strong	H2388 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
לִשְׁמֹ֣ר	lish.Mor	to take care	H8104 →
וְלַעֲשׂ֔וֹת	ve.la.'a.Sot	and to do	H6213 →
אֵ֚ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
הַכָּת֔וּב	ha.ka.Tuv	<the> [thing] written	H3789 →
בְּסֵ֖פֶר	be.Se.fer	in [the] book of	H5612 →
תּוֹרַ֣ת	to.Rat	[the] law of	H8451 →
מֹשֶׁ֑ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
לְבִלְתִּ֥י	le.vil.Ti	to not	H1115 →
סוּר־	sur-	to turn aside	H5493 →
מִמֶּ֖נּוּ	mi.Me.nu	from it	H4480 →
יָמִ֥ין	ya.Min	right [hand]	H3225 →
וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃	u.se.Mol	and left [hand]	H8040 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 28:14
Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:32
  So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 30:21
  And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Through
Hebrews 12:4
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
  No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…
- Hebrews 10:32–34
  Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
- Revelation 2:13
  I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful…
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
Through
Deuteronomy 5:32
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
leads to
- Proverbs 4:27
  Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
- Joshua 1:7
  Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that…