¹ And it was, after the death of Moses, the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah said to^▵ Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, saying,

² Moses My servant is dead; and now arise, cross·​·over this Jordan, thou^◦, and all this people, to^▵ the land which I^▵ give to them, to the sons of Israel.

³ Every place on^◦ which the sole of your foot shall tread, to you have I given it, as^◦ I spoke to^▵ Moses.

⁴ From the wilderness and this Lebanon, and to^◦ the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to^◦ the great sea toward the going·​·in of the sun, shall be your border.

⁵ A man^◦ shall not stand·​·forth before thee all the days of thy life; as^◦ I was with^▵ Moses, I will be with^▵ thee; I will not let·​·go of thee nor forsake thee.

⁶ Be·​·firm and have·​·courage, for thou^◦ shalt cause this people to inherit the land, which I promised to their fathers to give to them.

⁷ Only be·​·firm and be· very ·courageous, to take·​·heed to do according·​·to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn· not ·aside from it to the right·​·hand or to the left, so·​·that thou mayest have·​·intelligence, in all the ways in which thou goest.

⁸ The book of this law shall not depart out·​·of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate in it day and night, so·​·that thou mayest observe^▵ to do according·​·to all that is written in it; for then^▵ thou shalt make thy way to prosper, and then^▵ thou shalt have·​·intelligence.

⁹ Have I not commanded thee? Be·​·firm and have·​·courage; be not terrified, neither be· thou ·dismayed; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, in all the ways in which thou goest.

¹⁰ And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

¹¹ Pass· ye ·through among the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare for yourselves provisions; for in yet three days you^◦ shall cross·​·over this Jordan, to go·​·in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God gives to you to possess it.

¹² And to the Reubenite and to the Gadite, and to the half tribe^◦ of Manasseh said Joshua, saying,

¹³ Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God gives to you rest, and will give to you this land.

¹⁴ Your wives, your infants, and your livestock, shall dwell in the land which Moses gave to you across the Jordan; but you^◦ shall cross·​·over girded·​·to·​·the·​·fifth^* before your brothers, all the mighty·​·men of force, and help them;

¹⁵ until Jehovah shall give to your brothers rest, as to you, and they^◦ also shall possess the land which Jehovah your God gives to them; then you shall return to the land of your possession, and you shall possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave to you across the Jordan toward the rising^◦ of the sun.

¹⁶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and to^▵ every place that thou sendest us we will go.

¹⁷ As in all in which we hearkened to^▵ Moses, so will we hearken to^▵ thee; only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as^◦ He was with Moses.

¹⁸ Every man^◦ who shall rebel·​·against thy command^* and shall not hear thy words, as to all that thou commandest him, he shall·​·be·​·put·​·to·​·death; only be·​·firm and have·​·courage.

⁹ Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.