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Judges | Subscribe | What is RSS?    It was a month after Moses'
death, and the Jews prepared themselves for the invasion of
Canaan. True, it was the "Promised Land," which G-d Himself had
promised to the Children of Israel as "an everlasting
inheritance." They believed this, but not so the inhabitants of
Canaan, and so the Israelites knew they would have to fight for
it.  Joshua, the eighty-two year old leader of the Israelites,
had all the fine qualities required for his heavy task, but he
remembered how great was his predecessor, Moses, who had failed
once in his task, and had forfeited his right to lead the Jews
into the Promised Land.  Joshua now sent an ultimatum to the
inhabitants, giving them a choice of the following three things:
1)to leave the land, 2)surrrender and declare peace, or 3)to
stand up and fight.  Joshua s