Editing Book of Joshua (section)

==== God's commission to Joshua (chapter 1) ====
<!--Linked from [[Template:Tanakh OT]]-->
[[File:Benjamin West - Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant'', painted by [[Benjamin West]], 1800]]
Chapter 1 commences "after the death of [[Moses]]"<ref>Joshua 1:1</ref> and presents the first of three important moments in Joshua marked with major speeches and reflections by the main characters; here first [[God]], and then [[Joshua]], make speeches about the goal of conquest of the [[Promised Land]]; in chapter 12, the narrator looks back on the conquest; and in chapter 23 Joshua gives a speech about what must be done if [[Israelites|Israel]] is to live in peace in the land.<ref name=DePury>{{Cite book |last1=De Pury|first1= Albert |last2=Romer|first2= Thomas|chapter= Deuteronomistic Historiography (DH): History of Research and Debated Issues|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rex7ASbY_bkC&pg=PA5 |editor1-first =Albert | editor1-last = de Pury |editor2-first =Thomas | editor2-last = Romer |editor3-first =Jean-Daniel | editor3-last = Macchi|title= Israel Constructs its History: Deuteronomistic Historiography in Recent Research|publisher= Sheffield Academic Press|year= 2000 |isbn=978-0-567-22415-6|author1-link= Albert de Pury }}</ref>{{rp |49}}

God commissions Joshua to take possession of the land and warns him to keep faith with the [[Mosaic covenant]]. God's speech foreshadows the major themes of the book: the crossing of the [[Jordan River]] and conquest of the land, its distribution, and the imperative need for obedience to the Law. Joshua's own immediate obedience is seen in his speeches to the Israelite commanders and to the [[Transjordan in the Bible|Transjordanian]] tribes, and the Transjordanians' affirmation of Joshua's leadership echoes [[Yahweh]]'s assurances of victory.<ref name=Younger>{{Cite book |last=Younger|first= K. Lawson Jr|chapter=Joshua|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC&pg=PA174|editor1-first = James D.G. | editor1-last = Dunn |editor2-first =John William | editor2-last = Rogerson |title= Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible |publisher= Eerdmans |year= 2003 |isbn= 978-0-8028-3711-0}}</ref>{{rp|175}}