Joshua 1:16

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

Cross-reference

Joshua 4:8 Parallel

In Joshua 4:8, the people obey Joshua's command to take stones from the Jordan, demonstrating the same commitment to do all he commanded.

Joshua 4:14 Parallel

In Joshua 4:14, the LORD exalts Joshua and the people fear him as they feared Moses — the result of their pledge to obey him.

Joshua 8:8 Parallel

In Joshua 8:8, the people's earlier pledge to obey Joshua is put into action as they follow his specific command to set Ai on fire.

In Numbers 32:25, the Gadites and Reubenites use nearly identical language of obedient response to Moses, echoing this pledge of total submission.

In Deuteronomy 5:27, Israel promised to hear and do whatever God spoke through Moses — the same pattern of pledged obedience to God's appointed leader.

Numbers 27:20 Prophetic fulfillment

In Numbers 27:20, Moses is told to invest Joshua with authority so the people will obey; here the people fulfill that by pledging obedience.

In Deuteronomy 34:9, it states that the people obeyed Joshua because Moses had laid hands on him; this verse records that obedience in action.