Josua 1:2

2 Mein Knecht Mose ist gestorben; und nun, mache dich auf, gehe über diesen Jordan, du und dieses ganze Volk, in das Land, das ich ihnen, den Kindern Israel, gebe.

Josua 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 1:2

Moses my servant is dead
Which was said not for the information of Joshua, but to lead on to, and show the cause and reason of what he was about to say to him:

now therefore arise, go over this Jordan;
near to which the whole body of the people of Israel were, and very probably were in sight of it:

thou, and all this people:
which were very numerous, six hundred thousand men or more, besides a great number of women and children, and no boats to carry them over, or pontoons to put across the river:

unto the land which I give unto them, [even] to the children of
Israel;
and therefore it could be no case of conscience with Joshua, to go and take it out of the hands of the present inhabitants, since the Lord, who had a right to dispose of it, gave it to them. As this land was a type of heaven, and eternal life, which is the free gift of God through Christ, passing over the river of Jordan to it may be an emblem of the passage through death to the heavenly state; both of the death of Christ, the antitypical Joshua, who passed through it, as a surety to make satisfaction for sin, and as a forerunner to set an example, to sanctify death, to open a way into the holiest of holies, and prepare a place for his people; and of the death of the saints, which is necessary to their enjoyment of perfect rest and happiness.

Josua 1:2 In-Context

1 Und es geschah nach dem Tode Moses, des Knechtes Jehovas, da sprach Jehova zu Josua, dem Sohne Nuns, dem Diener Moses, und sagte:

2 Mein Knecht Mose ist gestorben; und nun, mache dich auf, gehe über diesen Jordan, du und dieses ganze Volk, in das Land, das ich ihnen, den Kindern Israel, gebe.

3 Jeden Ort, auf den eure Fußsohle treten wird, euch habe ich ihn gegeben, so wie ich zu Mose geredet habe.

4 Von der Wüste und diesem Libanon bis zum großen Strome, dem Strome Phrat, das ganze Land der Hethiter, und bis zum großen Meere gegen Sonnenuntergang, soll eure Grenze sein.

5 Es soll niemand vor dir bestehen alle Tage deines Lebens: so, wie ich mit Mose gewesen bin, werde ich mit dir sein; ich werde dich nicht versäumen und dich nicht verlassen.