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Then Moses summoned Joshua, and he said to him in the presence of all Israel,[a] “Be strong and be courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that Yahweh swore to their ancestors[b] to give to them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance. Yahweh is the one going before you;[c] he will be with you, and he will not leave you alone, and he will not forsake you; you shall not be afraid, and you shall not be discouraged.” So Moses wrote this law, and he gave it to the priests, the descendants[d] of Levi, the ones carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 31:7 Literally “before the eyes of all Israel”
  2. Deuteronomy 31:7 Or “their fathers”
  3. Deuteronomy 31:8 Literally “to the face of you”
  4. Deuteronomy 31:9 Or “sons”