4. The Lord will destroy those people, just as he defeated Sihon and Og, kings of the Amorites, and destroyed their country.
5. The Lord will give you victory over them, and you are to treat them exactly as I have told you.
6. Be determined and confident. Do not be afraid of them. Your God, the Lord himself, will be with you. He will not fail you or abandon you.”
7. Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the presence of all the people of Israel, “Be determined and confident; you are the one who will lead these people to occupy the land that the Lord promised to their ancestors.