8Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
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Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. …
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)Still Moses urges the same subject, as loth to conclude till he had gained his point. “ If thou wilt enter into life , if thou wilt enter into Canaan, a type of that life, and find it a good land indeed to thee, keep the commandments: Keep all the commandments which I command you this day ; love God, and serve him with all your heart.” I. Because this was the way to get and keep possession of the…
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