Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Joshua to Succeed Moses

1So Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel. 2And he said to them, “I am a120 years old today. I am no longer able to bgo out and come in. The Lord has said to me, c‘You shall not go over this Jordan.’ 3The Lord your God dhimself will go over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, so that you shall dispossess them, and Joshua will go over at your head, eas the Lord has spoken. 4And the Lord will do to them fas he did to Sihon gand Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. 5And the Lord will give them over to you, and you shall do to them haccording to the whole commandment that I have commanded you. 6 iBe strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, jfor it is the Lord your God who goes with you. kHe will not leave you or forsake you.”

7Then lMoses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, m“Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall put them in possession of it. 8It is the Lord nwho goes before you. He will be with you; ohe will not leave you or forsake you. pDo not fear or be dismayed.”

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