As I told Moses: see Deuteronomy 11.24-25. The Hebrew verb translated told can mean “promise” or “speak to.” As I told Moses … my people may be translated, “I promised Moses that I would give my people.”

In verse 3 the Lord speaks directly to the people; in verse 2 he had spoken to Joshua, and the “you” is singular; in verse 3 “you” is plural. The Lord is speaking to all the people (through Joshua, of course); so Good News Translation translates you and all my people.

The phrase you and all my people may cause problems similar to the pronoun them of the previous verse. That is, the conjunction and may suggest to the reader that the person referred to by you is excluded from the group all my people. This problem may be resolved by translating “you my people”; no reader will assume thereby that Joshua is excluded from the people. This will balance out nicely if at the end of verse 2 the text has been translated to read either “you my people” or “you, the people of Israel.”

The phrase the entire land that you will be marching over translates the Hebrew “every place on which the sole of your (plural) foot steps.” For some readers, marching over might imply an orderly band of soldiers or some other highly organized group. The reference, of course, is to the entire group of Israelites, and one may translate “walk on” or “set foot on.”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Newman, Barclay M. A Handbook on Joshua. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1983. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .