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NASB | Joshua 1:7 "Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joshua 1:7 "Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do [everything] in accordance with the entire law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper and be successful wherever you go. |
Bible Question: What does turn not to "right or the left" in reference to Joshua 1:7. mean? |
Bible Answer: Joshua 1:7 - Only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do (may do is the key word, be doers of the word and not hearers only as James says in James 1:22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. ) that you may do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you. Turn not from it (from it is the key word, to turn from it would be to follow something else rather than what the law said thus disobeying it by not staying focused on God and His covenant) Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left (in other words don't get off track, stay focused on God and what He says and obey Him) that you may prosper wherever you go. In Deuteromy, the promise was if you obey Me you will have blessings, if you disobey you will be cursed. That theme is continued in Joshua. Deut 30:15 "See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; Deut 30:16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. Deut 30:17 "But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, Deut 30:18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it. Deut 30:19 "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, Deut 30:20 by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." |
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