Deuteronômio 31:7

7 Então Moisés convocou Josué e lhe disse na presença de todo o Israel: “Seja forte e corajoso, pois você irá com este povo para a terra que o SENHOR jurou aos seus antepassados que lhes daria, e você a repartirá entre eles como herança.

Deuteronômio 31:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 31:7

And Moses called unto Joshua
Who might be at some distance from him, with the tribe to which he belonged. The Targum of Jonathan adds,

``out of the midst of the people:''

and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel;
now assembled together, and what follows was said in their hearing, to make him the more respectable to them:

be strong and of a good courage;
the same that is said to the people in ( Deuteronomy 31:6 ) , and which was still more necessary in him, who was to be their general, and to go at the head of them, and lead them on to battle; and though Joshua was a man of courage and valour, as well as had military skill, as appears by his fight with Amalek, ( Exodus 17:9-13 ) ; yet such an exhortation was not needless, seeing he had so much work to do, and so many enemies to contend with:

for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath
sworn unto their fathers to give them, and thou shalt cause them to
inherit it;
the Targum of Jonathan is,

``which the Word of the Lord hath sworn to give;''

the land of Canaan, thither he must go with them; this was the will and determination of God, and he must go alone without him, Moses, which would be a trial of his courage.

Deuteronômio 31:7 In-Context

5 O SENHOR as entregará a vocês, e vocês deverão fazer com elas tudo o que ordenei a vocês.

6 Sejam fortes e corajosos. Não tenham medo nem fiquem apavorados por causa delas, pois o SENHOR, o seu Deus, vai com vocês; nunca os deixará, nunca os abandonará”.

7 Então Moisés convocou Josué e lhe disse na presença de todo o Israel: “Seja forte e corajoso, pois você irá com este povo para a terra que o SENHOR jurou aos seus antepassados que lhes daria, e você a repartirá entre eles como herança.

8 O próprio SENHOR irá à sua frente e estará com você; ele nunca o deixará, nunca o abandonará. Não tenha medo! Não desanime!”

9 Moisés escreveu esta lei e a deu aos sacerdotes, filhos de Levi, que transportavam a arca da aliança do SENHOR, e a todos os líderes de Israel.