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And the answer will be, "It is because the people broke the Agreement of the Lord , the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.

The Lord your God will make you successful in everything you do. You will have many children, your cattle will have many calves, and your fields will produce good crops, because the Lord will again be happy with you, just as he was with your ancestors.

Be strong and brave. Don't be afraid of them and don't be frightened, because the Lord your God will go with you. He will not leave you or forget you."

Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in front of the people, "Be strong and brave, because you will lead these people into the land the Lord promised to give their ancestors, and help them take it as their own.

Then I will become very angry at them, and I will leave them. I will turn away from them, and they will be destroyed. Many terrible things will happen to them. Then they will say, ‘It is because God is not with us that these terrible things are happening.'

I will surely turn away from them then, because they have done wrong and have turned to other gods.

"Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites. Then have them sing it, because it will be my witness against them.

Then when many troubles and terrible things happen to them, this song will testify against them, because the song will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they plan to do, even before I take them into the land I promised them."

Then the Lord gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: "Be strong and brave, because you will lead the people of Israel to the land I promised them, and I will be with you."

I will announce the name of the Lord . Praise God because he is great!

I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them. Soon their foot will slip, because their day of trouble is near, and their punishment will come quickly."

Be happy, nations, with his people, because he will repay you for the blood of his servants. He will punish his enemies, and he will remove the sin of his land and people.

Moses said this about the people of Benjamin: "The Lord 's loved ones will lie down in safety, because he protects them all day long. The ones he loves rest with him."

Israel, you are blessed! No one else is like you, because you are a people saved by the Lord . He is your shield and helper, your glorious sword. Your enemies will be afraid of you, and you will walk all over their holy places."

Joshua son of Nun was then filled with wisdom, because Moses had put his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to Joshua, and they did what the Lord had commanded Moses.

Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don't be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go."

because we have heard how the Lord dried up the Red Sea when you came out of Egypt. We have heard how you destroyed Sihon and Og, two Amorite kings who lived east of the Jordan.

When we heard this, we were very frightened. Now our men are afraid to fight you because the Lord your God rules the heavens above and the earth below!

Then Joshua told the people, "Make yourselves holy, because tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you."

The Israelites had moved about in the desert for forty years. During that time all the fighting men who had left Egypt had died because they had not obeyed the Lord . So the Lord swore they would not see the land he had promised their ancestors to give them, a fertile land.