We all leave something behind when we die. We leave all of our physical possessions, and we leave a “legacy”—principles by which we lived, memories, traditions. Joshua left an example of living and teaching that continued through the lives of those who outlived him. But it soon broke down—one generation did not teach the next one to teach the next one—and the promised land became the home of idolatry again (except that the “new” idolaters were their grandchildren and great-grandchildren!). Could there be any worse legacy for us to leave than to not teach this generation to teach the next one to teach the next one?
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