Joshua 1:1-18.
This week's Haftorah describes Joshua's succession of his master Moses, whose passing
is discussed in the Torah reading.
G‑d reveals Himself to Joshua, and appoints him as Moses' successor. G-d encouraged Joshua to lead the Israelites in to the Holy Land. "Every place on which the soles of your feet will tread I have given to you, as I have spoken to Moses. From this desert and Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the great sea westward shall be your boundary." G‑d assures Joshua that He will be with him just as He was with Moses and encourages him to be strong and brave, to study the Torah
constantly and keep it close, so that he may succeed in all his endeavors.
Joshua orders his officers to prepare the Jewish people to cross the Jordan
River. He then tells the members of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of
Manasseh, who had chosen to settle on the eastern bank of the Jordan, to go and assist their
brethren in the conquest of the Canaanite mainland, after which they would return to their plot of land. The Jewish people pledge their allegiance to Joshua: "Just as we obeyed Moses in everything, so shall we obey you. Only that the L-rd your G-d be with you as He was with Moses."
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