Before the readers is an analysis of one of the historical books of the Old Testament - the Book of Joshua. In accordance with its title, it tells about the history of the Israeli people during the period of their conquest of Palestine led by Joshua and its division between the tribes of Israel, and also describes the history of the religious, moral and civil life of the ancient Jews. The Old Testament texts of the Book of Joshua are analyzed by Abbot Arseny (Sokolov), Doctor of Theology, Professor of the All-Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after. Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' to the Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East, member of the Synodal Biblical-Theological Commission.