Joshua 1:10-18 - Joshua Prepares The People
10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 "Go through the midst of the host, and command the people, saying, 'Prepare you victuals: for after three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go and enjoy the land which the LORD your God giveth you, to possess it.'"
12 And unto the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua, saying, 13 "Remember that which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, 'The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. 14 Let your wives, your children and your cattle remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan: But go ye before your brethren armed, all that be men of war, and help them 15 until the LORD hath given your brethren rest, as he hath you, and until they also have obtained the land which the LORD your God giveth them. And then return unto the land of your possession and enjoy it, which land Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun rising."
16 And they answered Joshua, saying, "All that thou biddest us, we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 17 According as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey thee; only the LORD thy God be with thee as he was with Moses. 18 And whosoever disobey thy mouth, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, let him die: Only be strong and of good courage."