A   After þe; death of Moses the serua&ubar;t of þe; Lorde, it happened also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosua þe; sonne of Nun Moses minister saying: Moses my serua&ubar;t is deed. Now therfore vp ∧ goo ouer Iordan: thou ∧ all this people, vnto the lande the whych I geue vnto the children of Israel. ^noteAll the places that þe; sooles of youre fete shall treade vpon, haue I geuen you, as I sayde vnto Moses: from þe; wildernes ∧ this Libanon vnto the greate ryuer Euphrates: all the lande of the Hethites, euen vnto the great see towarde þe; going downe of the sonne, shalbe youre coaste. There shall not a man be able to withstande þt; all the dayes of thy lyfe. ^noteFor as I was with Moses, so will I be with the ^note and will not fayll the, nor forsake the. ^note B   Be str&obar;g therfore and bolde: for vnto this people shalt þu; deuyde the l&abar;de which I sware vnto their fathers to geue them. Onely be thou str&obar;g ∧ as bolde as thou canst, that thou mayest obserue ∧ do according to all þe; lawe, which Moses my serua&ubar;t c&obar;maunded þe;. ^noteTourne therfrom nether to the right h&abar;d, nor to the lefte: that thou mayste do wysely &ibar; all thou takest in hande: ^note let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouthe: But recorde therin daye ∧ night þt; thou mayst C    obserue, ∧ do according to all that is written therin. For then shalt thou make thy waye prosperouse, and then thou shalt do wysely. Haue not I c&obar;ma&ubar;ded þe;, that thou shuldest be str&obar;ge ∧ hardye ∧ not feare ner be faynt harted? For I the Lord thy God am with the, whether soeuer thou goest.

Then Iosua commaunded the officers of þe; people, sayinge: Goo thorowe þe; myddes of the hoste, ∧ coma&ubar;de the people, saying: prepare you vitayles: for after thre dayes ye shall passe ouer this Iordan, to goo in ∧ enioye þe; lande which the Lord youre God geueth you, to possesse it.

And vnto þe; Rubenites, Gadites, ∧ half þe; trybe of Manasses spake Iosua saying: ^note Remember &rhand; the worde, which Moses the seruaunt of the Lorde c&obar;maunded you, sayinge: D   the Lorde youre God hathe geuen you reast, ∧ hathe geuen you this l&abar;d. Youre wyues, youre children, and youre catell shall remayne in þe; l&abar;de which Moses gaue you on this syde Iordan: But ye shall go before youre brethren armyd, all þt; be men of warre, and helpe them vntill the Lorde haue geu&ebar; youre brethren reast, as he hathe you, &abar;d vntill they also haue obtayned the lande, which the Lorde youre God geueth them. And then shall ye retourne vnto the lande of youre possession ∧ enioye it, which l&abar;de Moses þe; Lordes serua&ubar;t gaue you on this syde Iord&abar; towarde þe; sonne rysynge. And they answered Iosua sayinge: ^note All that þu; hast c&obar;maunded vs, we will do, and whether soeuer thou s&ebar;dest vs, we wyll go. According as we obeyed Moses in all th&ibar;ges, so wyll we obeye the: onlye the Lorde thy God be with the as he was with Moses. And whosoeuer he be that doth dysobeye thy mouth, and will not herken vnto thy wordes in all that thou commaundest him, let him dye: Onlye be strong and of good courage.

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