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== Background ==
Under [[Joshua]]'s leadership, the [[Israelites]] are poised to enter the [[promised land]] from the east side of the [[Jordan River]], just north of the [[Dead Sea]]. Upon entering the land they would meet [[Canaanites]] and [[Amorites]], who had settled there some 500 years previously and had an established system of city-states. The geography the Israelites would encounter consisted of both rugged, barren mountains and fertile farmland. The pagan religion of the Canaanites consisted of numerous gods and goddesses.
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