23. Then the Lord commissioned Joshua, Nun’s son: "Be strong and fearless because you are the one who will bring the Israelites to the land I swore to them. I myself will be with you."
24. Once Moses had finished writing in their entirety all the words of this Instruction scroll,
25. he commanded the Levites who carry the chest containing the Lord’s covenant as follows:
26. "Take this Instruction scroll and put it next to the chest containing the Lord your God’s covenant. It must remain there as a witness against you
27. because I know how rebellious and hardheaded you are. If you are this rebellious toward the Lord while I’m still alive, it’s bound to get worse once I’m dead!
28. Assemble all of your tribes’ elders and your officials in front of me, so I can speak these words in their hearing, and so I can call heaven and earth as my witnesses against them,