Joshua 1:13 (DRB)

Passage

Remember the word, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying: The Lord your God hath given you rest, and all this land.

Nearby Context

Joshua 1:11 Prepare your victuals: for after the third day you shall pass over the Jordan, and shall go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you.

Joshua 1:12 And he said to the Rubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses:

Joshua 1:13 Remember the word, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying: The Lord your God hath given you rest, and all this land.

Joshua 1:14 Your wives, and children; and cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them,

Joshua 1:15 Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them: and so you shall return into the land of your possession, and you shall dwell in it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "word", "moses", "servant", "lord", "commanded", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remember" and "word", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And he said to the Rubenites and..." into verse 14's "Your wives and children and cattle shall...", so "remember" and "word" belong inside that flow. In Joshua context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "remember" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.