Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

1. Crossing Jordan has been a metaphor for dying The water here signifies death (a termination point) so that you can arrive on the other side, resurrection Joshua 7 Achan

2. You can not win the battle with sinful people  Joshua 7 …3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. 5  And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim , and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 11  Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing , and have also stolen , and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 21  When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26  And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards , and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 27  The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for e ver. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

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4. Grammarly defines: “Chiasmus ( kee·az·muhs ) is defined as a literary device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order”