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The book of Joshua memorializes a transitional episode in Israel’s national history. The heroic figure Joshua, imbued with strength, courage and faith, leads the new generation of Israel across the Jordan and into the land of promise, conquering Canaanites and overseeing the allotment of the inheritance among the tribes. But the book of Joshua is foremost a story of God, who works powerfully on...

describes the attitude that Joshua should possess. Its threefold repetition in these verses recalls the three times it appears in the Pentateuch, in Deuteronomy 31:6, 7, 23. Here it is applied to Israel (v. 6) and to Joshua, where it forms part of his commissioning. Deuteronomy 31:6 relates the expression to the promise of God never to leave you or forsake you as in Joshua 1:5. The occurrence in Deuteronomy 31:23 also recalls the language of Joshua 1:5–6, with its emphasis upon God’s presence with
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