Joshua

Joshua tells how God brings Israel into the land He had sworn to give Abraham's descendants. After Moses' death, God commissions Joshua with a charge repeated like a refrain: be strong and courageous, and meditate on the law day and night. Israel crosses the Jordan on dry ground, takes Jericho by faith, and conquers the land not by superior tactics but by God's power as the people obey. The land is then divided among the tribes as their inheritance. The book ends at Shechem, where Joshua renews the covenant and presses the great choice: 'Choose this day whom you will serve... but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.' Its steady message is that God keeps every promise He makes.