Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Joshua Commissioned as Moses' Successor

31¹ And Moses goeth and speaketh these words unto all Israel, ² and he saith unto them, 'A son of a hundred and twenty years 'am' I to-day; I am not able any more to go out and to come in, and Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou dost not pass over this Jordan, ³ 'Jehovah thy God He is passing over before thee, He doth destroy these nations from before thee, and thou hast possessed them; Joshua—he is passing over before thee as Jehovah hath spoken, ⁴ and Jehovah hath done to them as he hath done to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorite, and to their land, whom He destroyed. ⁵ And Jehovah hath given them before your face, and ye have done to them according to all the command which I have commanded you; ⁶ be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God 'is' He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.' ⁷ And Moses calleth for Joshua, and saith unto him before the eyes of all Israel, 'Be strong and courageous, for thou—thou dost go in with this people unto the land which Jehovah hath sworn to their fathers to give to them, and thou—thou dost cause them to inherit it; ⁸ and Jehovah 'is' He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'