Joshua 1 · Verse 11

Joshua 1:11

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.
Joshua 1:11, King James Version

Joshua 1:11 in other translations

BSB“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
WEB“Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess.’”
ASVPass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.
YLT‘Pass over into the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare for yourselves provision, for within three days ye are passing over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you to possess it.'
DARBYGo through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare yourselves victuals, for in three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, that ye may enter in to take possession of the land which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.
BBEGo through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
WebsterPass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you provisions; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

What does Joshua 1:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 1:10-18

10-18. Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people--These were the Shoterim (see on Ex 5:6; De 20:5).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Prepare you victuals - צדה tsedah, such prey or provisions as they had taken from the conquered countries, such as corn, oxen, sheep, etc.; for the word signifies prey, or what is taken by hunting, etc. This was necessary, as they were about to undergo considerable fatigue in marching, and in making preparations for the passage of the Jordan; for although the manna had not ceased to fall, yet such other provisions as are mentioned above were necessary on this occasion. For within three days ye shall pass - Calmet contends, with great appearance of truth, that these three days should be reckoned from the first day of their encamping at Jordan, three days after the return of the spies, i.e., on the eighth day of the first month, on the tenth of which they passed over Jordan. The text therefore is supposed to mean, Prepare victuals for three days' march, for "on the third day after your decampment from Shittim ye shall pass over this Jordan."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 1:10-15

Joshua says to the people, Ye shall pass over Jordan, and shall possess the land; because God had said so to him. We honour the truth of God, when we stagger not at the promise of God. The two tribes and a half were to go over Jordan with their brethren. When God, by his providence, has given us rest, we ought to consider what service we may do to our brethren.

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Joshua 1:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עִבְר֣וּ\׀'iv.RupassH5674
בְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗הha.ma.cha.Nehthe campH4264
וְצַוּ֤וּve.tza.Vuand commandH6680
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
הָכִ֥ינוּha.Khi.nuprepareH3559
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
צֵידָ֑הtzei.DahfoodH6720
כִּ֞יkiforH3588
בְּע֣וֹד\׀be.'odin yetH5750
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetthreeH7969
יָמִ֗יםya.MimdaysH3117
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859
עֹֽבְרִים֙'oe.Rim[are] about to pass overH5674
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ןhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לָבוֹא֙la.Vo'to goH935
לָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetto take possession ofH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
נֹתֵ֥ןno.Ten[is] about to giveH5414
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemto <the> you
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ\׃\ \סle.rish.Tahto take possession of itH3423

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 1:11

  • Deuteronomy 9:1

    Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

  • Hosea 6:2

    After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

  • 2 Kings 20:5

    Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

  • Joshua 3:2

    And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

  • Deuteronomy 11:31

    For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

  • Exodus 19:11

    And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
three days.
3:2; Ex 19:11; 2Ki 20:5; Ho 6:2
ye shall.
De 9:1; 11:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 1:10

    Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

  • Joshua 1:11

    Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it.

  • Joshua 1:12

    And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

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Joshua 1:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pasad por medio del campo, y mandad al pueblo, diciendo: Preveníos de comida; porque dentro de tres días pasaréis el Jordán, para que entréis á poseer la tierra que Jehová vuestro Dios os da para que la poseáis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Passez par le milieu du camp, et commandez au peuple, disant: Préparez-vous des provisions, car dans trois jours vous passerez ce Jourdain pour aller prendre possession du pays que l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, vous donne pour le posséder.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Bereitet euch Zehrung; denn in noch drei Tagen werdet ihr über diesen Jordan ziehen, um hinzukommen, das Land in Besitz zu nehmen, welches Jehova, euer Gott, euch gibt, es zu besitzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Præparate vobis cibaria: quoniam post diem tertium transibitis Jordanem, et intrabitis ad possidendam terram quam Dominus Deus vester daturus est vobis.