Deuteronomy 31:1–11

Be Strong and Courageous

¹So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

²And he said to them, “I am ^a120 years old today; ^bI am no longer able to come and go, and Yahweh has said to me, ‘^cYou shall not cross this Jordan.’

³“^aIt is Yahweh your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. ^bJoshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, just as Yahweh has spoken.

⁴“And Yahweh will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them.

⁵“^aAnd Yahweh will give them over before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.

⁶“^aBe strong and courageous. ^bDo not be afraid or be in dread of them, for ^cYahweh your God is the one who goes with you. ^dHe will not fail you or forsake you.”

⁷Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “^aBe strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

⁸“^aAnd Yahweh is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. ^bHe will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

⁹So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi ^awho carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.

¹⁰Then Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the time of ^athe year of the remission of debts, at the ^bFeast of Booths,

¹¹when all Israel comes ^ato appear before Yahweh your God at ^bthe place which He will choose, ^cyou shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing.