The first great victor and the first great defeat take place in the Promised Land.
Jericho falls but then, because just one of the many thousands of Israelites does not honor God's command to keep away from the devoted things, Israel is routed by Ai.
But God uses this defeat to craft victory. And isn't this just what He does for all of us? Craft victory from defeat. Israel fools Ai into thinking they're afraid and fleeing because of their previous loss and so draws Ai's fighting men outside the walls of the city where they are destroyed as is the city they've left unprotected.
Again, Joshua follows in Moses footsteps. Joshua will copy the words of the law on stone and read the law to the people.
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