23. The Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you.”
24. When Moses had finished writing down on a scroll every single word of this law,
25. he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant,
26. “Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
27. For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!
28. Assemble all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.