So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

Then Moses gave a ruling to the Israelites by the word of the Lord: “What the tribe of the Josephites is saying is right.

These are the commandments and the decisions that the Lord commanded the Israelites through the authority of Moses, on the plains of Moab by the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today.

Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

Then Moses went with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.

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

No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.

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

That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses.

There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.

the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) Moses defeated them and took their lands.

However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them.

Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.

Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then.

“Have the Israelites select the cities of refuge that I told you about through Moses.

in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

and told them: “You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you.