John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 1:13
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you ,.... In Numbers 32:29 ; and to which they had solemnly agreed; and, now the time was come to put it into execution, Joshua reminds them of it: saying, the Lord your God hath given you rest : from their travels, and a settlement in a country agreeably to their own desire: and hath given you this land ; where they now were, and which they had taken from Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites, and joined to Moab, on the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 1:10-13
Joshua, being settled in the government, immediately applies himself to business; not to take state or to take his pleasure, but to further the work of God among, the people over whom God had set him. As he that desires the office of a minister (1 Tim. 3:1), so he that desires the office of a magistrate, desires a work, a good work; neither is preferred to be idle. I. He issues out orders to the people to provide for a march; and they had been so long encamped in their present post that it... read more