Joshua Addresses the Israelites

1 After the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh said to Joshua son of Nun, the assistant^[a] of Moses, saying, ² “My servant Moses is dead. Get up and cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Israelites.^{[b] 3} Every place that the soles of your feet will tread, I have given it to you, as I promised^[c] to Moses. ⁴ From the wilderness and the Lebanon,^[d] up to the great river, the river Euphrates, all of the land of the Hittites, and up to the great sea in the west,^[e] will be your territory. ⁵ No one will stand before you^[f] all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will not fail you, and I will not forsake you. ⁶ Be strong and courageous, for you will give the people this land as an inheritance that I swore to their ancestors^[g] to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and very courageous to observe diligently the whole law^[h] that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it, to the right or left, so that you may succeed wherever you go.^{[i] 8} The scroll of this law will not depart from your mouth; you will meditate on it day and night so that you may observe diligently all that is written^[j] in it. For then you will succeed in your ways and prosper. ⁹ Did I not command you? Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”^[k]