Joshua 1 - 4

God ordains Joshua to lead Israel in place of Moses. Joshua shares the name of Jesus in the Hebrew, which means Jahweh is Salvation, and is a foreshadowing of Christ, Who will save His people when the law proves incapable.

Joshua sends two unnamed spies to Jericho, but their primary accomplishment will be to save Rahab, who marries into the tribe of Judah, and becomes an ancestor of both David and Jesus. Rahab is instructed to hang a blood red rope out of her window, and the whole house will be protected, just like the homes in Egypt were protected behind the blood of the Passover lamb.

God divides the Jordan river, so that the nation crosses over on dry ground, and monuments of 12 stones are set up in the middle of the river, and on the western side of the river to commemorate God’s work in bringing them in.