Deuteronomy 31:1-8

International Standard Version

Moses Commissions Joshua

31 Moses went and explained these things to everyone in Israel. ² Then he concluded, “I’m now 120 years old. I’m not able to get around anymore, ³ and the Lord told me, ‘You won’t be crossing the Jordan River.’ But the Lord your God is crossing over before you. He will destroy these nations in front of you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he will cross over before you, just as the Lord promised. ⁴ The Lord will do to them just as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land when he destroyed them. ⁵ The Lord will hand them over to you, so you can do to them what I’ve instructed you to do. ⁶ Be strong and courageous. Don’t fear or tremble before them, because the Lord your God will be the one who keeps on walking with you—he won’t leave you or abandon you.”

⁷ Then Moses called on Joshua and told him in the presence of everyone in Israel, “Be strong and courageous, because you’ll bring this people to the land that the Lord your God had promised to give your ancestors. You will be the one who causes them to possess it. ⁸ Indeed, the Lord is the one who will keep on walking in front of you. He’ll be with you and won’t leave you or abandon you, so never be afraid and never be dismayed.”