²saying, “I am now 120 years old;ⁱ I can no longer act as your leader.^B The Lord has told me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan.’^j ³The Lord your God is the one who will cross ahead of you.^k He will destroy these nations before you, and you will drive them out. Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, as the Lord has said.^l ⁴The Lord will deal with them as he did Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when he destroyed them.^m ⁵The Lord will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you. ⁶Be strong and courageous;ⁿ don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the Lord your God is the one who will go with you;^o he will not leave you or abandon you.”^p

⁷Moses then summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with^C this people into the land the Lord swore to give to their ancestors.^q You will enable them to take possession of it. ⁸The Lord is the one who will go before you.^r He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.^s Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

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Deuteronomy 31:6: Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you…

Footnotes

B no longer go out or come in
CSome , , , read you will bring

Cross references

i Jos 14:10
j Dt 3:27
k Ex 23:31; Dt 9:3
l Dt 3:28
m Nm 21:21–35; Dt 29:6; Jos 2:10
n Dt 31:23; Jos 1:6–7,9,18; 10:25
o Dt 1:29; 7:21; 20:3
p Heb 13:5
q Dt 1:8,35; 8:1; 11:9,21; 31:20; Ezk 20:42
r Ex 23:23; 32:34; Dt 1:30; Jdg 4:14; Is 52:12
s Jos 1:5; 1Ch 28:20; Heb 13:5