Joshua 1:14 (YLT)

Passage

your wives, your infants, and your substance, abide in the land which Moses hath given to you beyond the Jordan, and ye--ye pass over by fifties, before your brethren, all the mighty ones of valour, and have helped them,

Nearby Context

Joshua 1:12 And to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, hath Joshua spoken, saying,

Joshua 1:13 `Remember the word which Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God is giving rest to you, and He hath given to you this land;

Joshua 1:14 your wives, your infants, and your substance, abide in the land which Moses hath given to you beyond the Jordan, and ye--ye pass over by fifties, before your brethren, all the mighty ones of valour, and have helped them,

Joshua 1:15 till that Jehovah giveth rest to your brethren as to yourselves, and they have possessed, even they, the land which Jehovah your God is giving to them; then ye have turned back to the land of your possession, and have possessed it, which Moses, servant of Jehovah, hath given to you beyond the Jordan, <FI>at<Fi> the sun-rising.'

Joshua 1:16 And they answer Joshua, saying, `All that thou hast commanded us we do; and unto every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou dost send us, we go;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wives", "infants", "substance", "abide", "land", "moses", "hath", and "given". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wives" and "infants", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Remember the word which Moses servant of..." into verse 15's "till that Jehovah giveth rest to your...", so "wives" and "infants" 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 "wives" and "infants" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.