The book was written for the Israelites.
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the book was written in about 1404 BC
Ancient tradition has it that the book was written by Joshua himself, completed after his death by Eleazar the high priest and his son Phinehas. Joshua contains vivid material, written in the first person, suggesting that the author was an eyewitness.
The book of Joshua itself attests to the authorship by him in Chapter 24. 26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. All other internal evidences and uniform tradition point to Joshua as the author with only minor later editing.
They are Joshua and Caleb.
The fifth book of Moses called Deuteronomy is before Joshua.