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## Joshua 1:8-9 in Context (Verses 5–12 KJV)
 
 [5 ](/kjv/joshua/1/5) There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, *so* I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/joshua/1/6) Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.*
 
 [7 ](/kjv/joshua/1/7) Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it *to* the right hand or *to* the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/joshua/1/8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.*
 
 [9 ](/kjv/joshua/1/9) Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God *is* with thee whithersoever thou goest.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/joshua/1/10) ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
 
 [11 ](/kjv/joshua/1/11) Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/joshua/1/12) ¶ And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
 
[Deuteronomy 34](/kjv/deuteronomy/34) [Joshua 2](/kjv/joshua/2)

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