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by loving Yahweh your God, by listening to His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or be in dread of them, for Yahweh your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you."

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, the time for you to die is near; call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

"So now, write this song for yourselves and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.

For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them and spurn Me and break My covenant.

Then it will be, when many evils and troubles have found them, that this song will answer them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of their seed); for I know their intent which they are developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore."

Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and I will be with you."

For I know your rebellion and your stiff-neck; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against Yahweh; how much more, then, after my death?

For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the last days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands."

For I proclaim the name of Yahweh;Ascribe greatness to our God!

The Rock! His work is perfect,For all His ways are just;A God of faithfulness and without injustice,Righteous and upright is He.

For Yahweh's portion is His people;Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.

He found him in a desert land,And in the howling waste of a wilderness;He encircled him; He cared for him;He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them;I will see what their end shall be;For they are a perverse generation,Sons in whom is no faithfulness.

For a fire is kindled in My anger,And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol,And it consumes the earth with its produce,And it sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

"For they are a nation where counsel perishes,And there is no discernment in them.

For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,And from the fields of Gomorrah;Their grapes are grapes of poison,Their clusters, bitter.

Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,In due time their foot will stumble;For the day of their disaster is near,And the impending things are hastening upon them.'