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Joshua 11:15
As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Joshua 11:15 immediately after the Israelites finish destroying the northern coalition's cities and seize their plunder. The verse describes Joshua's execution of the directives previously delivered by the LORD through Moses.
The words — The text uses the verb צִוָּה (tzi.Vah), meaning "he commanded," which appears three times in this verse to trace the chain of authority. It also pairs כֵּן (ken), translated as "so," with the phrase "leaving nothing undone" to mark Joshua's exact replication of the instructions.
The thread — This pattern of precise obedience to Mosaic law runs through Joshua 1:7, where strength is tied to observing what Moses commanded, and Exodus 34:11, where God commands the removal of specific nations. The requirement to devote conquered populations to complete destruction is also stated in Deuteronomy 7:2.
Why it lands — The verse requires leaders and followers to execute divine instructions without omission or personal modification. It establishes complete obedience as the standard for fulfilling assigned tasks under established authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.
Cross-references
- Exodus 34:11 Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Joshua 1:7 Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
- Deuteronomy 7:2 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Acts 20:20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
- Deuteronomy 4:5 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
- Deuteronomy 12:32 See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Deuteronomy 31:7 Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 30:12 Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 4:2 You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
- Acts 20:27 For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.