The Lord your God (A)himself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, (B)as the Lord has spoken.

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Know therefore today that he who (A)goes over before you (B)as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. (C)So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

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14 On that day the Lord (A)exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.

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“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel.

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23 (A)And the Lord[a] commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, (B)“Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. (C)I will be with you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 31:23 Hebrew he

28 But (A)charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see.’

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For if Joshua had given them rest, God[a] would not have spoken of another day later on.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:8 Greek he

(A)Put not your trust in princes,
    (B)in a son of man, in whom there is (C)no salvation.
When (D)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
    on that very day his plans perish.

(E)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose (F)hope is in the Lord his God,
(G)who made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and all that is in them,
(H)who keeps faith forever;

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you with your own hand (A)drove out the nations,
    but (B)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
    but (C)them you set free;
for not (D)by their own sword did they win the land,
    nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
    and (E)the light of your face,
    (F)for you delighted in them.

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45 Our fathers in turn (A)brought it in with Joshua when they (B)dispossessed the nations (C)that God drove out before our fathers. So it was (D)until the days of David,

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The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to (A)exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, (B)as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

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And Joshua the son of Nun was full of (A)the spirit of wisdom, for (B)Moses had laid his hands on him. So (C)the people of Israel obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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Joshua Commissioned to Lead Israel

14 And the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Behold, the days approach when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that (B)I may commission him.” And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

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Then (A)Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, (B)“Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. It is the Lord (C)who goes before you. He will be with you; (D)he will not leave you or forsake you. (E)Do not fear or be dismayed.”

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18 So the Lord said to Moses, “Take (A)Joshua the son of Nun, a man (B)in whom is the Spirit, and (C)lay your hand on him. 19 Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall (D)commission him in their sight. 20 You shall invest him with some of your authority, (E)that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him (F)by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.”

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21 Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but (A)God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers.

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