18. “And I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘יהוה your Elohim has given you this land to possess. All you sons of might, pass over armed before your brothers, the children of Yisra’ĕl.
19. ‘But let your wives and your little ones, and your livestock – I know that you have much livestock – stay in your cities which I have given you,
20. until יהוה has given rest to your brothers as to you, and they also possess the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving them beyond the Yardĕn. Then you shall return, each man to his possession which I have given you.’
21. “And I commanded Yehoshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that יהוה your Elohim has done to these two sovereigns. יהוה does the same to all the reigns which you are passing over.
22. ‘Do not fear them, for יהוה your Elohim Himself fights for you.’
23. “And I pleaded with יהוה at that time, saying,
24. ‘O Master יהוה, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand, for who is a mighty one in the heavens or on earth who does according to Your works and according to Your might?
25. ‘I pray, let me pass over and see the good land beyond the Yardĕn, this good hill country, and Leḇanon.’
26. “But יהוה was enraged with me, for your sake, and would not listen to me, and יהוה said to me, ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me about this matter.
27. ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and look with your eyes, for you do not pass over this Yardĕn.
28. ‘But charge Yehoshua, and strengthen him and make him brave, for he shall pass over before this people and causes them to inherit the land which you see.’
29. “And we dwelt in the valley opposite Bĕyth Pe‛or.