Now after the death of Moshe the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spoke to Yehoshua the son of Nun, Moshe’s minister, saying,

Moshe my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over the Yarden, thou, and all this people, to the land which I do give to them, to the children of Yisra᾽el.

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given to you, as I said to Moshe.

From the wilderness and this Levanon as far as the great river, the river Perat, all the land of the Ḥitti, as far as the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

No man shall be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moshe, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Only be strong and very courageous, and observe to do according to all the Tora, which Moshe my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand nor to the left, that thou mayst prosper wherever thou goest.

This book of the Tora shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayst observe to do according to all that is written in it: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee wherever thou goest.

Then Yehoshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare your food; for within three days you shall pass over this Yarden, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God gives you to possess it.

And to the Re᾽uveni, and to the Gadi, and to half the tribe of Menashshe, Yehoshua spoke saying,

Remember the word which Moshe the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God gives you rest, and will give you this land.

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moshe gave you on the far side of the Yarden; but you shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

until the Lord has given your brethren rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, which Moshe the Lord’s servant gave you on the far side of the Yarden, toward the sunrising, and occupy it.

And they answered Yehoshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and wherever thou sendest us, we will go.

As we hearkened to Moshe in all things, so will we hearken to thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moshe.

Whoever rebels against thy commandment, and will not hearken to thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.