¹ Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, ² Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. ³ Every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, that have I given to you, as I said to Moses. ⁴ From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, will be your coast. ⁵ There will not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you: I will not fail you, nor abandon you. ⁶ Be strong and of a good courage: for to this people will you divide for an inheritance the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you goes. ⁸ This book of the law will not depart out of your mouth; but you will meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it: for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ⁹ Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you goes. ¹⁰ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, ¹¹ Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days you will pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it. ¹² And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying, ¹³ Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God has given you rest, and has given you this land. ¹⁴ Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, will remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but you will pass before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; ¹⁵ Until the LORD have given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you will return to the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising . ¹⁶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you commands us we will do, and wheresoever you sends us, we will go. ¹⁷ According as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses. ¹⁸ Whosoever he be that does rebel against your commandment, and will not listen to your words in all that you commands him, he will be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.