1. Then Moses continued to speak these words to all Israel,
2. saying, “I am now 120 years old; I can no longer act as your leader. The Lord has told me, ‘You will not cross this Jordan.’
3. The Lord your God is the One who will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will drive them out. Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, as the Lord has said.
4. The Lord will deal with them as He did Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when He destroyed them.
5. The Lord will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.
6. Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will not leave you or forsake you.”
7. Moses then summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land the Lord swore to give to their fathers. You will enable them to take possession of it.
8. The Lord is the One who will go before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
9. Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
10. Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Booths,
11. when all Israel assembles in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.
12. Gather the people — men, women, children, and foreigners living within your gates — so that they may listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and be careful to follow all the words of this law.