11 “For this commandment that I am commanding you ⌊today⌋x is ⌊not too wonderful for you⌋,y and it is not too far from you. 12 It is not in the heavens ⌊so that you might say⌋,z ‘Who will go up for us to the heavens and get it for us and cause us to hear it, so that we may do it?’ 13 And it is ⌊not beyond the sea⌋,a ⌊so that you might say⌋,b ‘Who will cross for us to the other side of the sea and take it for us and cause us to hear it, so that we may do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, even in your mouth and in your heart, ⌊so that you may do it⌋.c

15 “See, I am setting ⌊before you⌋d ⌊today⌋e life and prosperity and death and disaster; 16 what I am commanding you ⌊today⌋f is to love Yahweh your God by goingg in his ways and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his regulations, and then you will live, and you will become numerous, and Yahweh your God will bless you in the ⌊land where you are going⌋.h 17 However, if your heart turns aside and you do not listen and you are lured away and you bow down to other gods and you serve them, 18 I declare to you ⌊today⌋i that you will certainly perish; ⌊you will not extend your time⌋j on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there to take possession of it. 19 I invoke as a witness against you ⌊today⌋k the heaven and the earth: life and death I have set ⌊before you⌋,l blessing and curse. So choose life, so that you may live, you and your offspring,m 20 by loving Yahweh your God by listening to his voice and by clinging to him, for he is your life and the length of your days in order for you to live on the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors,n to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.”

Succession, Deposition, and Recitation of Text

31 And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. 2 And he said to them, “I am ⌊a hundred and twenty years old⌋a ⌊today⌋;b I am not able to go out and to come in any longer, and Yahweh said to me, ‘You may not cross this Jordan.’ 3 Yahweh your God is about to cross ⌊before you⌋;c he will destroy these nations ⌊before you⌋,d and you shall dispossess them. Joshua will be crossing ⌊before you⌋,e just as Yahweh ⌊promised⌋.f 4 And Yahweh will do to them just as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to their land, which he destroyed with them. 5 And Yahweh ⌊will deliver them to you before you⌋,g and you shall do to them according to every commandment that I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and be courageous; you should not be afraid, and you ⌊should not be in dread from their presence⌋,h for Yahweh your God is the one going with you; he will not leave you alone and he will not forsake you.”

7 Then Moses summoned Joshua, and he said to him ⌊in the presence of all Israel⌋,i “Be strong and be courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that Yahweh swore to their ancestorsj to give to them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance. 8 Yahweh is the one going ⌊before you⌋;k he will be with you, and he will not leave you alone, and he will not forsake you; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be discouraged.”