Joshua 1:1–9

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ ^aminister, saying, ^2bMoses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. ^3cEvery place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, ^cas I said unto Moses. ^4dFrom the wilderness and ^ethis Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. ^5fThere shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: ^gas I was with Moses, so ^hI will be with thee: ⁱI will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. ^6kBe strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. ⁷Only ^kbe thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, ^lwhich Moses my servant commanded thee: ^mturn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. ⁸This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but ⁿthou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. ⁹Have not I commanded thee? ^oBe strong and of a good courage; ^pbe not afraid, neither ^qbe thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee ^rwhithersoever thou goest.