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The Israelites have not yet possessed the land that the Lord had given them. But now Moses is dead and a new leader must emerge. That new leader is Joshua. Such a charge is not surprising given the daunting task of leading a stiff-necked people into the promised land. Taking leadership of such a group would be a scary proposal to say the least.
As the assistant to Moses, certainly Joshua would have witnessed the toll that leading such a people had taken on Moses. Now he must take up that mantle. The call for Joshua to be strong and courageous is grounded in the fact that the Lord will be with Joshua wherever he goes. In the same way that the Lord was with Moses so too he will be with Joshua.
He is called by the Lord to follow His every word Joshua and to do it with courage, because the Lord is with him. In such times it is comforting for us to grab ahold of this promise that God is always with us and therefore we can be strong and courageous. But should we? He is charged to meditate therein day and night, that he might understand it.
Whatever affairs of this world we have to mind, we must not neglect the one thing needful. All his orders to the people, and his judgments, must be according to the law of God. Joshua must himself be under command; no man's dignity or dominion sets him above the law of God. He is to encourage himself with the promise and presence of God.
Let not the sense of thine own infirmities dishearten thee; God is all-sufficient. I have commanded, called, and commissioned thee to do it, and will be sure to bear thee out in it. When we are in the way of duty, we have reason to be strong and very bold. Our Lord Jesus, as Joshua here, was borne up under his sufferings by a regard to the will of God, and the commandment from his Father. Barnes' Notes on the Bible Prosper - See the margin.
The literal rendering should be retained here since the notion of prosperity is separately introduced by a different word in Joshua Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary There shall not any man be able to stand before thee—Canaan was theirs by a divine grant; and the renewed confirmation of that grant to Joshua when about to lead the people into it, intimated not only a certain but an easy conquest.
It is remarkable, however, that his courage and hope of victory were made to depend see on []De on his firm and inflexible adherence to the law of God, not only that regarding the extirpation of the Canaanites, but the whole divine code.
Matthew Poole's Commentary Have not I commanded thee; I whom thou art obliged to obey; I who can carry thee through every thing I put thee upon; I of whose faithfulness and almightiness thou hast had large experience?
The above things, to go over Jordan with the people into the land of Canaan, and to observe the law of Moses in all things, and to be of good courage, which is again repeated; consider who it is that has given these orders and instructions, the great Jehovah, the everlasting I AM, who is faithful to his promises, and able to perform. The consideration of which would serve to animate him to the work he was called unto, to encourage his faith in God, to engage in his service cheerfully and readily: be strong, and of a good courage; See Gill on Joshua ; See Gill on Joshua
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