God’s Commission to Joshua

1 Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant (attendant), saying,^{(A) 2} “Moses My servant is dead; now therefore ^[a]arise [to take his place], cross over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, to the ^[b]sons of Israel. ³ I have given you every place on which the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised to Moses. ⁴ From the wilderness [of Arabia in the south] and this Lebanon [in the north], even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates [in the east], all the land of the ^[c]Hittites (Canaan), and as far as the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward the west shall be your territory. ⁵ No man will [be able to] stand before you [to oppose you] as long as you live. Just as I was [present] with Moses, so will I be with you; I will not fail you or abandon you. ⁶ Be strong and confident and courageous, for you will give this people as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers (ancestors) to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do [everything] in accordance with the entire law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper and be successful wherever you go. ⁸ This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be ^[d]successful.