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"He [Joshua] was one of the greatest leaders Israel ever had and led them both as a military leader and as a statesman," Butler writes in the Preface of Joshua: The Conqueror of Canaan "In both positions, he excelled as few men before or after him." Butler examines Joshua in the following chapters: • Called of God • Commencement of Duty • Checking out Jericho • Crossing the Jordan...

form, or that the appearance ceased without any commission being given. The one is as incredible as the other.” The message about the conquest of Jericho was twofold. It consisted of a promise and also of some precepts. The orders given Joshua for conquering Jericho were prefaced by a great promise: “The LORD [same person as ‘the captain of the LORD’S host’ in 5:15] said … I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor” (6:2). This promise had
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