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;

He is the one you should praise;<n id="1" /> he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

Anyone who accidentally killed someone<n id="1" /> without hating him at the time of the accident<n id="2" /> could flee to one of those cities and be safe.

Understand today that the <sc>Lordsc> your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he<n id="1" /> has told you.

Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live,<n id="1" /> if he has accidentally killed another<n id="2" /> without hating him at the time of the accident.<n id="3" />

Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God,<n id="1" /> just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors<n id="2" /> Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.