1. After the death of the Lord’s servant Moses, the Lord said to Moses’ assistant Joshua, son of Nun,
2. “My servant Moses is dead. Now you and all these people must cross the Jordan River into the land that I am going to give the people of Israel.
3. I will give you every place on which you set foot, as I promised Moses.
4. Your borders will be the desert ⌊on the south⌋, nearby Lebanon to the Euphrates River (the country of the Hittites) ⌊on the north⌋, and the Mediterranean Sea on the west.
5. No one will be able to oppose you successfully as long as you live. I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will never neglect you or abandon you.
6. Be strong and courageous, because you will help these people take possession of the land I swore to give their ancestors.
7. “Only be strong and very courageous, faithfully doing everything in the teachings that my servant Moses commanded you. Don’t turn away from them. Then you will succeed wherever you go.
8. Never stop reciting these teachings. You must think about them night and day so that you will faithfully do everything written in them. Only then will you prosper and succeed.