1 After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, who had served Moses:
2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordan to the land I am giving the Israelites.
3 I have given you every place where the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised Moses.
4 Your territory will be from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great Euphrates River — all the land of the Hittites — and west to the Mediterranean Sea.
5 No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or forsake you.
6 “Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their fathers to give them as an inheritance.