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38 However, Nun’s son Joshua, your assistant, will go there. Encourage him, for he will cause Israel to take possession of it. 39 Your little ones—whom you said would be taken captive—and your children who do not yet[a] know right from wrong will enter the land.[b] I will give it to them and they themselves will possess it. 40 But as for you, prepare to set out for the desert on the way to the Reed[c] Sea.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 1:39 Lit. this day
  2. Deuteronomy 1:39 Lit. land there
  3. Deuteronomy 1:40 So MT; LXX reads Red

38 But your assistant, Joshua(A) son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage(B) him, because he will lead(C) Israel to inherit(D) it. 39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive,(E) your children who do not yet know(F) good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. 40 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.[a](G)

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  1. Deuteronomy 1:40 Or the Sea of Reeds