Joshua 1:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ Your wives, your children, and your livestock will stay here, but your soldiers, armed for battle, will cross over ahead of the other Israelites in order to help them ¹⁵ until they have occupied the land west of the Jordan that the Lord your God has given them. When he has given safety to all the tribes of Israel, then you may come back and settle here in your own land east of the Jordan, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you.”

¹⁶ They answered Joshua, “We will do everything you have told us and will go anywhere you send us.