Bible Strands
Joshua 1:18
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!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Israelites speak to Joshua immediately after his commission, pledging to obey his directives with the same consistency they showed toward Moses.
The words — The Hebrew yam.Reh (he will rebel toward) and yish.Ma' (he will obey) establish a stark contrast between defiance and submission to Joshua’s spoken commands.
The thread — The exhortation to be strong and courageous reappears in Joshua 1:9 and Ezra 10:4, while Ephesians 6:10 redirects the strength motif toward reliance on divine power.
Why it lands — The text requires unconditional compliance with commanded authority and frames courage as the necessary posture for executing that duty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
- Joshua 1:9 Have 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.”
- Ezra 10:4 Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
- 1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.
- 1 Samuel 11:12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
- Hebrews 10:28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- Hebrews 12:25 See 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?
- Deuteronomy 17:12 But 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.
- Joshua 1:6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- Psalms 2:1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?