Joshua - 1:3



3 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 1:3.

Differing Translations

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I will deliver to you every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, as I have said to Moses.
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread have I given to you, as I said unto Moses.
'Every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth, to you I have given it, as I have spoken unto Moses.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses.
I will deliver to you every place that the step of your foot will tread upon, just as I said to Moses.
Omnem locum quem calcaverit planta pedis vestri vobis dedi; quemadmodum locutus sum Mosi.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The sole of your foot shalt tread upon - That is, the whole land occupied by the seven Canaanitish nations, and as far as the Euphrates on the east; for this was certainly the utmost of the grant now made to them; and all that was included in what is termed the promised land, the boundaries of which have already been defined. See Deuteronomy 34:1-4, and see Joshua 1:4 (note) below. It has been supposed that the words, Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, were intended to express the ease with which they were to conquer the whole land, an instance of which occurs in the taking of Jericho. It was only their unfaithfulness to God that rendered the conquest in any case difficult.

Every place that the sole of your feet shall tread upon,.... That is, in the land of Canaan:
that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses: See Gill on Deuteronomy 11:24; though the Jews extend this to all without the land subdued by them, and even to all the countries they now tread on, and are exiles in; but the limits of what the Lord gave them are fixed in Joshua 1:4.

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that have I given you--meaning, of course, not universal dominion, but only the territory comprised within the boundaries here specified (see on Deuteronomy 19:8).

"Namely, every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon," i.e., I have given you the whole land, not excepting a single foot's breadth. The perfect, "I have given," refers to the counsel of God as having been formed long before, and being now about to be carried into execution. These words, which are connected with Deuteronomy 11:24, so far as the form is concerned, rest upon the promise of God in Exodus 23:30-31, to which the words "as I said unto Moses" refer.

Every place - That is, within the following bounds.

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