Joshua Addresses the Israelites

1 After the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh said to Joshua son of Nun, the assistanta of Moses, saying, 2 “My servant Moses is dead. Get up and cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the ⌊Israelites⌋.b 3 Every place that the soles of your feet will tread, I have given it to you, as I promisedc to Moses. 4 From the wilderness ⌊and the Lebanon⌋,d up to the great river, the river Euphrates, all of the land of the Hittites, and up to ⌊the great sea in the west⌋,e will be your territory. 5 No one will stand before youf all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will not fail you, and I will not forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous, for you will give the people this land as an inheritance that I swore to their ancestorsg to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous ⌊to observe diligently the whole law⌋h that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it, to the right or left, so that you may succeed ⌊wherever you go⌋.i 8 The scroll of this law will not depart from your mouth; you will meditate on it day and night so that ⌊you may observe diligently all that is written⌋j in it. For then you will succeed in your ways and prosper. 9 Did I not command you? Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you ⌊wherever you go⌋.”k