3 The Lord your God himself will go before you and destroy the nations living there, so that you can occupy their land; and Joshua will be your leader, as the Lord has said.
4 The Lord will destroy those people, just as he defeated Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites, and destroyed their country.
5 The Lord will give you victory over them, and you are to treat them exactly as I have told you.
6 Be determined and confident. Do not be afraid of them. Your God, the Lord himself, will be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you.”
7 Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the presence of all the people of Israel, “Be determined and confident; you are the one who will lead these people to occupy the land that the Lord promised to their ancestors.
8 The Lord himself will lead you and be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you, so do not lose courage or be afraid.”
9 So Moses wrote down God's Law and gave it to the levitical priests, who were in charge of the Lord's Covenant Box, and to the leaders of Israel.