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Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you."

"They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation.

When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

And He said: "I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faith.

and he said to them: "Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe--all the words of this law.

"Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession;

because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel.

Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel."

Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

Who says of his father and mother, "I have not seen them'; Nor did he acknowledge his brothers, Or know his own children; For they have observed Your word And kept Your covenant.

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. So the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.

Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

"Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them--the children of Israel.

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men have come here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country."

Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Acacia Grove [fn] and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over.

So Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God."

Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from every tribe;

and Joshua said to them: "Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,

that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, "What do these stones mean to you?'

Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever."