¹ Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,

²⁹ And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;

¹⁴ At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.

¹³ And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

¹⁴ For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

¹⁵ And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

⁶ For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.

¹ I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;

¹³ I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,

¹⁸ This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

²⁸ Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

²⁹ I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

³⁰ And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

³¹ So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

¹ Now this is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, gave to the children of Israel before his death.

²³ Then he gave orders to Joshua, the son of Nun, saying to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go at the head of the children of Israel into the land which I made an oath to give them; and I will be with you.

²⁸ But give my orders to Joshua, comforting him and making him strong; for he is to go over Jordan at the head of this people, and he will give them this land which you will see for their heritage.

¹⁹ And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.