31 Then Mosheh (Moses) also told the Israelis, 2 “I’m already a hundred and twenty and no longer able to walk around easily, plus Yahweh has told me that I won’t be able to cross the Yarden (Jordan) river.[ref] 3 Your god Yahweh will go ahead of you and destroy those peoples right in front of your eyes, then you’ll be able to take over that land. Yahweh has said that it’s Yehoshua (Joshua) who will lead you in there. 4 Then Yahweh will do the same to those peoples as he did to the Amorite kings Sihon and Og, when he destroyed them and their people.[ref] 5 Yahweh will enable you to conquer those peoples, but you must do exactly what I’ve instructed you, to them. 6 Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of those people, because it’s your god Yahweh who’ll go with you—he won’t leave you or abandon you.

7 Then Mosheh called Yehoshua and told him in front of all Yisrael, “Be strong and courageous, because you’ll go with these people into the land that Yahweh had promised to their ancestors to give to them, and you’ll enable them to take it as their inheritance. 8 Yahweh will go ahead of you and he’ll be with you. He won’t fail or abandon you—you mustn’t be afraid or concerned.[ref]