4. Your borders will be the desert ⌊on the south⌋, nearby Lebanon to the Euphrates River (the country of the Hittites) ⌊on the north⌋, and the Mediterranean Sea on the west.
5. No one will be able to oppose you successfully as long as you live. I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will never neglect you or abandon you.
6. Be strong and courageous, because you will help these people take possession of the land I swore to give their ancestors.
7. “Only be strong and very courageous, faithfully doing everything in the teachings that my servant Moses commanded you. Don’t turn away from them. Then you will succeed wherever you go.