Deuteronomy 31:23 (YLT)

Passage

and He commandeth Joshua son of Nun, and saith, `Be strong and courageous, for thou dost bring in the sons of Israel unto the land which I have sworn to them, and I--I am with thee.'

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 31:21 `And it hath been, when many evils and distresses do meet it, that this song hath testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing to-day, before I bring them in unto the land of which I have sworn.'

Deuteronomy 31:22 And Moses writeth this song on that day, and doth teach it the sons of Israel,

Deuteronomy 31:23 and He commandeth Joshua son of Nun, and saith, `Be strong and courageous, for thou dost bring in the sons of Israel unto the land which I have sworn to them, and I--I am with thee.'

Deuteronomy 31:24 And it cometh to pass, when Moses finisheth to write the words of this law on a book till their completion,

Deuteronomy 31:25 that Moses commandeth the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "commandeth", "joshua", "saith", "strong", "courageous", "thou", "dost", and "bring". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "commandeth" and "joshua", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And Moses writeth this song on that..." into verse 24's "And it cometh to pass when Moses...", so "commandeth" and "joshua" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "commandeth" and "joshua" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.