⁶ ‘Be strong and courageous,^(A) for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.^{(B) 7} Above all, be strong and very courageous to observe carefully the whole instruction my servant Moses commanded you.^(C) Do not turn from it to the right or the left, so that you will have success wherever you go. ⁸ This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth;^(D) you are to meditate on^[a] it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.^{(E) 9} Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous?^(F) Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.’

¹⁰ Realise now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.’^(A)

²⁰ Then David said to his son Solomon, ‘Be strong and courageous,^(A) and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you^(B) until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished.