My covenant. My people. My promise. My land. Thematically, these words echo throughout the whole book of Joshua — Israel’s claiming of the land offered to them by their covenantal God, YHWH. The opening chapter of the book focuses on Joshua, who, as we noted last time, is told by YHWH to keep his focus on the divine promise and the presence of God, who has his back.
You might expect, after this, an encounter between Israel and the Canaanites that proves God’s loyalty to Israel in the face of Canaanite (click here for full reading and audio.)
