Joshua 1:6-7 NKJV,NLT

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:1-18

In the Hebrew division of the Scriptures after the Torah or Law came the Prophets, divided into the Earlier Prophets and the Later Prophets. In this section the first Book is the Book of Joshua. Its content is a continuation of the history of the chosen people. The first division (1-12) tells the story of the conquest of the land. The link of connection between this Book and the preceding ones is arrestingly shown in the use of the word "therefore," in the charge to Joshua; "Moses My servant... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Joshua 1:1-9

Joshua and the Canaan Rest Joshua 1:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Joshua comes in as the complement to the work of Moses. Joshua stands as the type of the Lord Jesus; for "Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ." 1. Typology is one of the great studies of the Bible. The Children of Israel in their exit from Egypt, by the way of the shed blood; in their baptism unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; in their eating of the manna, and in their drinking of the water from the flinty rock; in their... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:6

“ Be strong, and of good courage, for you will cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.” Joshua was to be ‘strong’, the word often indicates strength of hand. But his hand was to be strong because his spirit was strong. ‘Of good courage.’ This word also indicates being strong, and especially strong in spirit. Thus ‘be doubly strong’. Strong in action, strong in heart, strong in spirit. (Compare Deuteronomy 31:7). “For you will cause this people to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:7

“ Only be strong, and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.” Here the strength and courage is related to the keeping of God’s Instruction, ‘the Law’. He was not only to be strong and courageous in battle but also in life. He was strictly to observe God’s moral law. Obedience was more important than physical strength and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:1-18

I. Joshua’ s Commission; Preparation for the Passage of the Jordan.— This chapter does not call for much comment. It is, for the most part, an introduction to the whole book from a Deuteronomic writer. There may have been a Deuteronomic account of the conquest of the land which the compiler of our book used, but more probably the old narrative of JE was taken over by the Deuteronomist, who managed to superimpose his own views by means of an introduction and various additions. These additions... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:6

Joshua, though a person of great courage and resolution, whereof he had given sufficient proof, yet needs these exhortations, partly because his work was great, and difficult, and long, and in a great measure new; partly because he had a very mean opinion of himself, especially if compared with Moses; and remembering how perverse and ungovernable that people were, even under Moses, he might very well suspect the burden of ruling them would be too heavy for his shoulders. Thou shalt divide the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:7

Remember that though thou art the captain and commander of my people, yet thou art my subject, and obliged to observe all my commands. To the right hand or to the left, i.e. in any kind, or upon any pretence. That thou mayest prosper, or, that thou mayest do wisely; whereby he instructs him in the true art of government; and that his greatest wisdom will lie in the observation of all God’s commands. and not in that pretended reason of state which other princes govern all their affairs by. And... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:3-9

CRITICAL NOTES.—Joshua 1:3. Every place that the sole] Every place against which your faith and courage lead you to go up, shall be yours. Your inheritance in the land shall have no limits but those set by your own unbelief and fears. As far as you will tread, you shall possess. Joshua 1:6. Be strong and firm—(Schroeder)] “The words signify not firmness and strength in general, but the strength in the hands and the firmness in the knees, Isaiah 35:3, cf. Hebrews 12:12-13” (J. H. Michaelis).... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:6-9

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Joshua 1:6-9THE CHARACTER AND SPHERE OF COURAGEThese words are principally about courage. Joshua would both need it, and need to shew it, in leading the Israelites into the land of their inheritance. God graciously braces men where they are most liable to fail. It was in this matter of courage that the people had given way already. (Numbers 13:26-33; Numbers 14:1-10.) So Jehovah mercifully strengthens them in their weak place. It is thus that our Father deals... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:6

Joshua 1:6 There are two kinds of strength and courage. There is animal strength and there is moral strength; there is animal courage and there is moral courage. And although the strength of active limbs and firm muscles and the courage which men share with the lower animals are not to be despised, but praised and sought after in their degree, yet it is to the nobler qualities the text chiefly refers when it says, "Be strong and of a good courage." I. The need of strength and courage. God gave... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Joshua 1:1-18

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Joshua 1:1-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:6

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 1:1-18

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Joshua 1:7

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:3-9

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Joshua 1:6-9

Sermon Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:6

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