The Book of Joshua is a book of the Hebrew Bible that tells the story of the Israelites' conquest of the Promised Land under the leadership of the prophet Joshua. It recounts the battles and events that took place during the Israelites' journey from the wilderness to the Jordan River and
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile. It tells of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan, the destruction of their enemies, and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes, framed by two set-piece speeches, the first by God commanding the conquest of the land, and, at the end, the second by Joshua warning of the need for faithful observance of the Law (torah) revealed to Moses.