1. After Moses the LORD’s servant died, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:
2. “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.
3. I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses.
4. Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
5. No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
6. Be strong and courageous! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them.
7. Only be strong and very courageous! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.
8. This Book of the Law must not leave your lips! You must meditate on it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
9. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

based on NET Bible