Joshua is presented as a clear type of Christ, sharing His name and His faithful doing of God's will. Joshua 11:15 says he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses, and Joshua 24:29 calls him "the servant of the Lord." Israel served God all his days and those of the elders who outlived him. As Jesus came to do the will of the One who sent Him (John 6:38) and conquered sin, Satan, and the world, Joshua carried out God's will in the conquest of Canaan. Yet he is not a perfect type, since only Christ can be perfectly Christ. His treaty with the Gibeonites in Joshua 9 shows his humanity and makes him a model of human leadership in the church. Four lessons follow from it: leaders are fallible, they can be swayed by appearances and slick words instead of investigating (Proverbs 18:17), they sometimes fail to seek God on significant matters, and they and their congregations must live with the consequences of bad decisions, sometimes for generations. This one error did not disqualify him. God does not cast away a faithful servant over a single mistake when a full record of faithfulness stands on the other side of the ledger. Joshua also prayed in the battle at Gibeon, and God answered extravagantly by extending the day, showing that God hears and answers the prayers of His servants. Like Joshua, believers are to leave nothing undone of all that the Lord commands.