¹And it came to pass, after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, and he said, ²“Moses my servant is dead. So now, arise, cross this Jordan, you and the whole of this people, to go into the land which I am giving to them – to the sons of Israel. ³Every place that the sole of your foot is going to step on, I have given to you, as I said to Moses. ⁴From the desert and this Lebanon as far as the great river – the River Euphrates – all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea in the west, shall be your territory. ⁵No man will be able to stand confronting you for all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I shall be with you: I will not desert you, and I will not forsake you. ⁶Be strong and take courage, for you will enable this people to inherit the land about which I swore to their fathers that I would give it to them. ⁷Just be strong and take great courage to ensure to do all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Do not deviate from it to the right or to the left, so that you act wisely in every place you go. ⁸This book of the law shall not recede from your mouth, and you will meditate on it day and night, so that you ensure to act according to everything written in it, for then you will cause your way to prosper, and then you will act wisely. ⁹Have I not commanded you? Be strong and take courage. Do not be terrified and do not be afraid, for the Lord your God is with you in every place you go.” ¹⁰Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people and said, ¹¹“Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, and say, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for in three days' time you will be crossing this Jordan to go and take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you, to take possession of it.’ ” ¹²And Joshua spoke to the Reubenites and the Gadites, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, and he said, ¹³“Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, when he said, ‘The Lord your God is giving you rest, and he has given you this land.’ ¹⁴Your women, your little ones and your cattle will remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, but you will cross over armed before your brothers – all warriors in the army – and you will help them, ¹⁵until the Lord gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they too take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving them, and you return to the land of your possession, and you take possession of it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on this side of the Jordan in the east.” ¹⁶And they answered Joshua and said, “Everything you have commanded us, we will do, and everywhere you send us, we will go. ¹⁷Just as we obeyed Moses in everything, so we will obey you, but let the Lord your God be with you, as he was with Moses. ¹⁸Any man who rebels against your pronouncement and does not hear your words in anything you command us will be put to death, but be strong and take courage.”

Reference(s) in Chapter 1: v.5 ↔ Hebrews 13:5.