No one will be able to resist you<n id="1" /> 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.

<p class="bodytext">The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, &#8220;Do not abandon<n id="1" /> your subjects!<n id="2" /> Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.&#8221;<n id="3" />

So Joshua said to the Israelites: &#8220;How long do you intend to put off occupying<n id="1" /> the land the <sc>Lordsc> God of your ancestors<n id="2" /> has given you?