<p class="poetry">When the Most High<n id="1" /> gave the nations their inheritance,p> <p class="poetry">when he divided up humankind,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he set the boundaries of the peoples,p> <p class="poetry">according to the number of the heavenly assembly.<n id="3" />p>

However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant,<n id="1" /> will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land.<n id="2" />

Commission<n id="1" /> Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.&#8221;

When you do go across the Jordan River<n id="1" /> and settle in the land he<n id="2" /> is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety.<n id="3" />

You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent<n id="1" /> of your land that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

<t /><p class="bodytext">You must not encroach on your neighbor&#8217;s property,<n id="1" /> which will have been defined<n id="2" /> in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you.<n id="3" />p>

In the day he divides his inheritance<n id="1" /> he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other<n id="2" /> wife&#8217;s son who is actually the firstborn.

Then Moses called out to Joshua<n id="1" /> in the presence of all Israel, &#8220;Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the <sc>Lordsc> promised to give their ancestors,<n id="2" /> and you will enable them to inherit it.