1. After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide:
2. “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites.
3. I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.
4. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.