¹⁶ Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.^{(A) 17} Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you.^(B) Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses. ¹⁸ Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey^(C) it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!^(D)”