Deuteronomy 31:7-9

New American Standard Bible

⁷ Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “^(A)Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance. ⁸ And ^(B)the Lord is the one who is going ahead of you; He will be with you. ^(C)He will not desert you or abandon you. Do not fear and do not be dismayed.”

⁹ So Moses wrote this Law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi ^(D)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.