18 So Jehovah said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom there is spirit, and lay your hand on him.+ 19 Then stand him before El·e·aʹzar the priest and before all the assembly, and you must commission him before their eyes.+ 20 You are to confer some of your authority* on him,+ so that all the assembly of the Israelites may listen to him.+

38 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you,+ is the one who will enter into the land.+ Make him strong,*+ for he will cause Israel to inherit it.”)

7 Moses then called Joshua and said to him before the eyes of all Israel: “Be courageous and strong,+ for you are the one who will bring this people into the land that Jehovah swore to their forefathers to give to them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance.+