and brings to a close Joshua’s final charge to Israel’s leaders with it (23:14–15). And the promises of God are found throughout the book as having been fulfilled (see, e.g., 22:4; 23:5, 10). The truth that God fulfils his promise of a land for Israel also has great implications for the believer today, and that is one of the principal applications of the book of Joshua. Those who truly belong to God’s people—that is, those who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ—will inherit a land. However,