Deuteronomy 31:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him before all of the Israelites, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord, their God, promised their fathers to give to them. You will give it to them as an inheritance. ⁸ Do not be afraid or dismayed, the Lord will go before you; he will not fail or forsake you.”

The Reading of the Law. ⁹ Then Moses wrote down this law and he handed it over to the priests, the Levites, who carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, and to all of the elders of Israel.