The Book of
Joshua
Israel crosses into the land, faces conflict and compromise, and learns that God’s promises stand while obedience shapes life there.
Read
Start here, then choose a chapter.
Read it as a transition story: leadership changes, God’s presence is stressed, and major events teach Israel how to live in the land. Notice how narrative episodes and detailed land lists work together to show both conquest and settled life under God’s instruction.
Chapters
Choose where to read.
Pick a chapter. Each chapter keeps the text, sections, questions, and context together.
Context
Big idea and book facts
Joshua follows Israel’s move from wilderness to homeland: God leads them across the Jordan, brings key victories, exposes hidden sin, and then orders the land’s distribution so the people can live by God’s word in place.
- Author
- Anonymous Israelite narrator drawing on Joshua traditions
- Date
- Conquest and settlement setting, c. 1406-1375 BC
- Location
- Israel/Canaan
- Audience
- Israel remembering the conquest, settlement, and covenant renewal
- Genre
- Historical narrative and covenant history