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So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you."

So Moses wrote this entire body of instruction in a book and gave it to the priests, who carried the Ark of the Lord 's Covenant, and to the elders of Israel.

Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.

Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the Lord your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy."

Then the Lord said to Moses, "The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tabernacle, so that I may commission him there." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle.

"So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them.

So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.

"Take this Book of Instruction and place it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God, so it may remain there as a witness against the people of Israel.

"Now summon all the elders and officials of your tribes, so that I can speak to them directly and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

So Moses recited this entire song publicly to the assembly of Israel:

"But they have acted corruptly toward him; when they act so perversely, are they really his children? They are a deceitful and twisted generation.

Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions.

So Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.

he added: "Take to heart all the words of warning I have given you today. Pass them on as a command to your children so they will obey every word of these instructions.

So you will see the land from a distance, but you may not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel."

Bless the ministry of the Levites, O Lord , and accept all the work of their hands. Hit their enemies where it hurts the most; strike down their foes so they never rise again."

So Israel will live in safety, prosperous Jacob in security, in a land of grain and new wine, while the heavens drop down dew.

So Moses, the servant of the Lord , died there in the land of Moab, just as the Lord had said.

Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him, doing just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.