|Positive: Jericho (chs. 2–6)|Negative: Ai (7:1–8:29)| |---|---| |An assurance of victory (6:2)|No assurance of victory (until 8:1)| |Ritual purity (3:5; 5:2, 10)|Ritual impurity (7:1, 10–26)| |Unity of the assembly (6:3–5)|Disunity of the assembly (7:3; 8:1)|