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Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, you are about to die; call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of assembly, so that I may instruct him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of assembly.

"And so then write this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; put it in their mouth, so that this song may be for me as a witness against the Israelites.

Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, so that I may speak in their ears these words, and that I may call as witness against them heaven and earth.

So Moses spoke into the ears of the assembly of Israel the words of this song until they were complete.

so Yahweh alone guided him, and there was no foreign god accompanying him.

So he said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what will be their end, for they are a generation of perversity, children in whom there is no faithfulness.

They annoyed me with what is not a god; they provoked me with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those not a people, with a foolish nation I will provoke them.

then he said to them, "Take to heart all the words that I am admonishing against you today concerning which you should instruct them with respect to your children so that they will observe diligently all the words of this law,

Bless, O Yahweh, his substance, and with the work of his hands you must be pleased; smite the loins of those who attack him, and those hating him, so that they cannot arise."

Your bars are iron and bronze, and as your days, so is your strength."

So Israel dwells alone and carefree, the spring of Jacob in a land of grain and wine; his heavens even drip dew.

No one will stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will not fail you, and I will not forsake you.

Only be strong and very courageous to observe diligently the whole law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn aside from it, to the right or left, so that you may succeed wherever you go.

The scroll of this law will not depart from your mouth; you will meditate on it day and night so that you may observe diligently all that is written in it. For then you will succeed in your ways and prosper.

Just as we obeyed Moses, so will we obey you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men from Acacia Grove as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went, and entered the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and spent the night there.

So the men chased after them on the way to the Jordan at the fords; and they shut the gate behind the pursuers that had gone out after them.

So then please swear to me by Yahweh, because I have shown loyalty to you, and you will also show loyalty to my family. You must give me a sign of good faith,

And she said to them, "Go to the mountain, so that the pursuers will not find you, and hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers return, and afterward you may go on your way."

But there will be a distance between you and it of about two thousand cubits in measurement. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way that you must go, for you have not passed on this way before."