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it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the, that the spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying: 'Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke unto Moses. From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I swore unto their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.'

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying: 'Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying: Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the your God giveth you to possess it.'

And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying: 'Remember the word which Moses the servant of the commanded, you, saying: The  your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land. Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and shall help them; until the have given your brethren rest, as unto you, and they also have possessed the land which the  your God giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the  gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.'

And they answered Joshua, saying: 'All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. According