21 See, the Lord your God has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has told you. ^lDo not fear or be dismayed.’

8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be ^kwith you; he will not leave you or forsake you. ^lDo not fear or be dismayed.”

The Fall of Ai

1 And the Lord said to Joshua, ^p“Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take all the fighting men with you, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given ^qinto your hand the king of Ai, and his people, his city, and his land.