Joshua
This book serves as the connecting link between the Pentateuch (the first five books) and the later historical books of the Bible. Its name is derived from the principal character, Joshua.
Chapters 1 to 23 describe the conquest of the land and its division among the tribes of Israel.
In the final chapters (23-24), Joshua, somewhat after the fashion of Moses, exhorts the people in a series of farewell addresses "to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses," and solemnly challenges them to the renewal of their covenant commitment to God.
This book serves as the connecting link between the Pentateuch (the first five books) and the later historical books of the Bible. Its name is derived from the principal character, Joshua.
Chapters 1 to 23 describe the conquest of the land and its division among the tribes of Israel.
In the final chapters (23-24), Joshua, somewhat after the fashion of Moses, exhorts the people in a series of farewell addresses "to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses," and solemnly challenges them to the renewal of their covenant commitment to God.
