Joshua 1:2 (YLT)

Passage

`Moses my servant is dead, and now, rise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.

Nearby Context

Joshua 1:1 And it cometh to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, saying,

Joshua 1:2 `Moses my servant is dead, and now, rise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto 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 treadeth, to you I have given it, as I have spoken unto Moses.

Joshua 1:4 From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea--the going in of the sun--is your border.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "moses", "servant", "dead", "rise", "pass", "over", "jordan", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "moses" and "servant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And it cometh to pass after the..." into verse 3's "Every place on which the sole of...", so "moses" and "servant" 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 "moses" and "servant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.