¹⁴ Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross ahead of your brothers in battle formation, all your valiant warriors, and shall help them, ¹⁵ until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as He is giving you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them. ^(A)Then you may return to ^[a]your own land, and take possession of ^[b]that which Moses ^(B)the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

¹⁶ They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. ¹⁷ Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only ^(C)may the Lord your God be with you as He was with Moses. ¹⁸ Anyone who rebels against your ^[c]command and does not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous.”