^6 (A)Be strong and courageous, ^(B)do not be afraid or in dread of them, for ^(C)the Lord your God is the One who is going with you. ^(D)He will not desert you or abandon you.”

⁷ Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “^(E)Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you will give it to them as an inheritance.

Joshua Is Commissioned

^23 (A)Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “^(B)Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and ^(C)I will be with you.”