“The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.

When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, “Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

But I will certainly hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they will have done by turning to other gods.

Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.”

And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, Listen, O Lord, to Judah’s voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes.

Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.

Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it, but you will not cross over there.”

After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses.

They told Joshua, “We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

Then the two men returned – they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

They told Joshua, “Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!”

When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua,

Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe.

The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them.