Joshua 1:4 (LSB)

Passage

From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your territory.

Nearby Context

Joshua 1:2 “Moses My servant is dead; so now arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.

Joshua 1:3 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses.

Joshua 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your territory.

Joshua 1:5 No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.

Joshua 1:6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wilderness", "lebanon", "even", "great", "river", "euphrates", and "land". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wilderness" and "lebanon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Every place on which the sole of..." into verse 5's "No man will be able to stand...", so "wilderness" and "lebanon" 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 "wilderness" and "lebanon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.