Joshua 1:1–9
1 After the death of Mosesa the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun,b Moses’s assistant: 2 “Moses my servant is dead.c Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordand to the land I am giving the Israelites. 3 I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads,e just as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will be from the wilderness and Lebanonf to the great river, the Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittitesg—and west to the Mediterranean Sea.h 5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live.i I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or abandon you.j
6 “Be strong and courageous,k for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.l 7 Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the whole instruction my servant Moses commanded you.m Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go. 8 This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth;n you are to meditate onB it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.o 9 Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous?p Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”