“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
God spoke these words to Joshua the day Moses died — the moment the entire weight of leading a nation fell onto one man's shoulders. Moses, the greatest leader Israel had ever known, was gone. Joshua was alone with a people who needed direction and a land that had not yet been won.
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