relationship, willingly submits to the discipleship to which God calls believers. . This text summarizes the book. Verse 2 describes the crossing of the Jordan as found in 1:1–5:12. Verse 3 outlines the ‘conquest’ of 5:13–12:24. Verse 4 implies the distribution of the land in 13:1–22:34. The emphasis on all the days of Joshua’s life in verse 5 is found at the end of Joshua’s life in the final two chapters of the book. These verses also introduce the character
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