8. Be sure that the book of the Law is always read in your worship. Study it day and night, and make sure that you obey everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
9. Remember that I have commanded you to be determined and confident! Don't be afraid or discouraged, for I, the Lord your God, am with you wherever you go.”
10. Then Joshua ordered the leaders to
11. go through the camp and say to the people, “Get some food ready, because in three days you are going to cross the River Jordan to occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.”
12. Joshua said to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh,
13. “Remember how Moses, the Lord's servant, told you that the Lord your God would give you this land on the east side of the Jordan as your home.
14. Your wives, your children, and your livestock will stay here, but your soldiers, armed for battle, will cross over ahead of their fellow-Israelites in order to help them