28 Commission Joshua+ and encourage him and strengthen him, because he is the one who will cross over+ before this people and he is the one who will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.’

14 Jehovah then said to Moses: “Look! The time has drawn near for you to die.+ Call Joshua, and present yourselves* at the tent of meeting, so that I may commission him.”+ So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting.

23 He* then commissioned Joshua+ the son of Nun and said: “Be courageous and strong,+ for you are the one who will bring the Israelites into the land about which I have sworn to them,+ and I will continue with you.”