⁵ The Lord will deliver^(A) them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. ⁶ Be strong and courageous.^(B) Do not be afraid or terrified^(C) because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you;^(D) he will never leave you^(E) nor forsake^(F) you.”

⁷ Then Moses summoned Joshua and said^(G) to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them,^(H) and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. ⁸ The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you;^(I) he will never leave you nor forsake you.^(J) Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

¹⁰ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(A) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(B)