Assignment for Joshua

Old Testament Survey

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Read: Chapter 12 and as much of the book of Joshua as you are able.

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Vital Statistics

 

PURPOSE:

To give the history of Israel's conquest of the Promised Land.

 

AUTHOR:

Joshua, except for the ending which may have been written by the High Priest Phinehas, an eyewitness to the events recounted there.

 

DATE WRITTEN:

Written between ________B.C. and _______B.C. an approximate period of  20 to 30 years.

 

SETTING:

Canaan, also known as the Promised Land. Which occupied the same geographical territory as Modern-day Israel.

 

KEY VERSE:

“So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes And the land rested from war." (11:23)

 

KEY PEOPLE:

Joshua, Rahab, Achan, Phinehas, Eleazar

 

KEY PLACES:       

Jericho, Ai, Mount Ebal, Mount Gerizim, Gibeon, Gilgal, Shiloh, Shechem

 

DID YOU KNOW?

Out of over a million people that left Egypt, Joshua and Caleb were the only two to enter the promised Land.

 

THE BLUEPRINT:

 

A.) ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND (1:1 - 5:12)

1.) Joshua leads the nation

2.) The nation crosses the Jordan River

 

B.) CONQUERING THE PROMISED LAND (5:13 - 12:24)

            1.)  Joshua attacks the center of the land

2.)  Joshua attacks the southern kings

3.)  Joshua attacks the northern kings

4.)    Summary of conquests

  

C.) DIVIDING THE PROMISED LAND (13:1 - 24:33)

1.)    The tribes receive their land

2.)    Special cities are set aside

3.)    The eastern tribes build an altar

4.)    Joshua's last message

 

MAIN THEMES SEEN IN GENESIS:

Success – Success comes from obedience to God not reliance on military power, money, muscle, or mental capacity.

 

Faith -  Is contingent on trusting God on a daily basis. Based on the past fulfilling of  the promises of God the people developed strong confidence and a belief that God would come through in the future.

 

Guidance - God's leading of the Children of Israel gave them victory in battle.

 

Leadership - Joshua was an example of an excellent leader.  His confidence in God's strength, his courageousness in the face of opposition, and his willingness to seek God's advice are an example to us all.

 

Conquest – The Plan that God had laid out was for the Israelites to conquer and take all the land of Canaan as their own. Israel never finished the job.

 

WORDS/VOCABULARY:

1.) Define "Inheritance"  _______________________________________________________________

 

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2.) Define "Possess"  __________________________________________________________________

 

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QUESTIONS:

1.)    Who was Rahab?  _______________________________________________________________

 

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 2.) Who was Achan?  ________________________________________________________________

          

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3.) Give some reasons that the Israelites never fully possessed the Land.  _____________________

 

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4.) What miracle occurred during one of the conquest campaigns?  _____________________________

 

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5.) What is the significance of the "Cities of Refuge"?  _______________________________________

 

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6.)What famous phrase is found in the 24^th Chapter ?  ________________________________________

 

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 SUMMARY:

The focal point of this book is clearly the promised land. It contains the accounts of how Israel entered, conquered and divided the Canaan. It is primarily a book of victory and fulfilled promises. While the Pentateuch covers the events up to the possession of the land, Joshua records the actual entering into the land. The following is a summary of the first six books of the Bible as they relate to the land.

Genesis……………………………..The promising of the Land

Exodus……………………….……..The leaving of  for the Land

Leviticus………………………..…...The laws for living in the Land

Numbers………………………........The wandering outside of the Land (old generation)

Deuteronomy……………………......The preparing for the Land (new generation)

Joshua………………………………The possession of the Land