Deuteronomy 31:23
And the Lord commanded Josue the son of Nun, and said: Take courage, and be valiant: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Præcepitque Dominus Josue filio Nun, et ait : Confortare, et esto robustus : tu enim introduces filios Israël in terram, quam pollicitus sum, et ego ero tecum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐνετείλατο Ἰησοῖ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀνδρίζου καὶ ἴσχυε· σὺ γὰρ εἰσάξεις τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσεν Κύριος αὐτοῖς, καὶ αὐτὸς ἔσται μετὰ σοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְצַ֞ו אֶת יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן נ֗וּן וַיֹּאמֶר֮ חֲזַ֣ק וֶֽאֱמָץ֒ כִּ֣י אַתָּ֗ה תָּבִיא֙ אֶת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי לָהֶ֑ם וְאָנֹכִ֖י אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה עִמָּֽךְ
Haydock's commentary
The Lord. Hebrew has not this word, so that it would seem as if Moses had given this charge to Josue; but the context shews (Calmet) that it was the Lord; (ver. 14.) for he swore to give the land of Israel. The Septuagint insert the words Moses and the Lord. "And Moses commanded Josue....the land which the Lord swore." (Haydock)
This is the first time that God addresses Josue, in order to confirm his authority. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.