Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your words in all that you command him shall himself be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”
- KJV Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
- NKJV Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.”
- NASB Anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous.”
- NLT Anyone who rebels against your orders and does not obey your words and everything you command will be put to death. So be strong and courageous!”
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Quick answer
The tribes declare that rebellion against Joshua's commands deserves death, and they urge him again to be strong and courageous. They uphold the seriousness of obedience to God-given authority.
Overview
The penalty reflects the gravity of resisting God's appointed leader during a national, covenantal undertaking, not personal tyranny. Notably, the people echo back to Joshua the very encouragement God had given him, surrounding their leader with support. This closing scene shows a unified, willing people, a hopeful beginning to the conquest under God's hand.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Eph 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- Ezra 10:4Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
- 1 Cor 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
- Josh 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Heb 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Heb 10:28–29Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- 1 Sam 11:12Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
- Josh 1:6–7Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- Ps 2:1–6Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Deut 17:12But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
- Rom 13:1–5Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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