The book of Joshua is the sixth canonical book of the OT. Its canonicity rests on its inherent quality as a text inspired by God to convey his message of salvation by his grace. The canonization of the book of Joshua rests on the historical recognition, first by the Israelites and later by Christians, that it is one of the books that are “the very words of God” (τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom 3:2). The Lord
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