Joshua 1:16

16 They answered Yehoshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Joshua 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 1:16

And they answered Joshua
The two tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh, the heads of them, such as were deputed for that purpose, and were their mouths to him:

saying, all that thou commandest we will do;
with respect to this affair of going over Jordan with their brethren, to assist them in the conquest of the land of Canaan:

and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go;
in what position he would have them be in the army, and to whatsoever part of the country he should send them to subdue, and to whatsoever city he should order them to besiege.

Joshua 1:16 In-Context

14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moshe gave you beyond the Yarden; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them;

15 until the LORD have given your brothers rest, as [he has given] you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moshe the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Yarden toward the sunrise.

16 They answered Yehoshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

17 According as we listened to Moshe in all things, so will we listen to you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moshe.

18 Whoever he be who shall rebel against your mitzvah, and shall not listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage.