vah has promised to their fathers to give them; and you shall
give it to them. Jehovah is going before you; he will be with you, he
will not fail nor forsake you; fear not, nor be frightened."

Then Moses went up on the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo to the summit of
Pisgah opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land, and said
to him, "This is the land which I have solemnly promised to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your children.' I have
let you see it with your own eyes, but you shall not go over there."

So Moses, the servant of Jehovah, died there in the land of Moab as
Jehovah had said. And Jehovah buried him in the deep valley in the land
of Moab; but to this day no man knows the place where he was buried.
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, but his eye was
not dim nor had he lost his strength. The Israelites wept for Moses on
the plain of Moab thirty days, and then the days of weeping and mourning
for Moses were ended.

Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses
had laid his hands upon him; and the Israelites listened to him and did
as Jehovah commanded Moses. But in Israel no prophet had yet arisen whom
Jehovah knew as well as he did Moses.

CROSSING THE RIVER JORDAN

After the death of Moses, Jehovah said to Joshua, Moses' helper, "Moses
my servant is dead: Now arise, go over the Jordan with all this people
to the land which I am about to give to the Israelites. As long as you
live no one will be able to stand against you. As I was with Moses, so I
shall be with you: I will not fail you nor forsake you. Be brave and
strong, for you shall give this people the land which I solemnly
promised their fathers I would give them. Only be brave and strong to
keep faithfully all the law, as Moses my servant commanded you. Turn not
from it to the right nor to the left, and you shall have success
wherever you go. Have I not commanded you? Be brave and strong; fear not
nor be afraid, for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go."

Then Joshua gave this order to the officers who were over the people:
"Go through all the camp and give this command: 'Prepare food for
yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan, to go in
and take the land which Jehovah your God has given you as your own.'"

While Joshua was at Shittim, he secretly sent two men as spies, with the
command: "Go, explore the land and especially Jericho."