Joshua had successfully completed the first half of his divine commission: He had conquered the enemy and was in control of the land and the cities (1:1–5). Now he had to fulfill the second part of that commission and divide the land so that each tribe could claim its inheritance and enjoy what God had given them (v. 6). (See Num. 34–35.) The word inheritance is found over fifty times in these nine chapters and is a very important word. The Jews inherited their