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Text: Joshua
1. Who was to succeed Moses as leader? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was the
book called that Moses had written? Josh. 1:8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What would be the results of following that book? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What tribes had land on the east side of Jordan (1:12)
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2. Spies were sent to what city? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where did they hide? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did they escape? (v.15) _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What agreement was made? (v.13, 14) _
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3. Who stood in the middle of the Jordan river? (3:14-17) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What did they carry? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What happened to
the waters? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who piled stones
on the west side of the river? (4:1-9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Where did they get the stones? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What were
they to memorialize? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where
else did they set up 12 stones? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. Where did the Israelites keep the passover in Canaan? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What did they cease to receive? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did they live
on now? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who did Joshua meet on a walk
toward Jericho? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Do men receive
worship? ____ Acts 10:25, 26: Do angels? ____ Rev. 22:8,9.) Who else
had heard similar words to Joshua 5:15? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where? _ _ _
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5. How was Jericho to be taken? 6:3-5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What cursed was placed on
Jericho? 6:26? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ In I Kings 16:34, 500 yrs later, what happened?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Why did they loose the battle at Ai? (7:11)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How did they
find the sinner? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What had he done? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What did they do to him? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6. In fighting the league of five kings, what killed more than the sword did?
(10:8-14) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What other miracle occurred to give
a more complete victory? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Who fought for Israel? (v.14) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7. How many kings did Joshua slay on the west side of Jordan? (12:24) _
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8. Using a Bible map in back of your Bibles or in a Bible atlas, fill in the
supplement may of Canaan (Tribal Divisions) with the names of tribes
in the land area they were given. What tribe did not receive any land
inheritance? (13:33) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did they receive? (21:1-3)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How many? 21:41 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Where was the
tabernacle assembled? 18:1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Locate this place on the map
of Canaan.
9. What cities were appointed as cities of refuge? 1_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _
2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(Locate these six cities and draw them on one of your maps)
10. Before his death were did Joshua gather the people? ch.24:1 _ _ _ _ _ _
What does Joshua say he and his house will do? v.15 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Who wrote these words in the book of the Law of God? v.26?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Who probably wrote v.29-ff? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ]
Conquest of Canaan
_____1. After his death Moses was succeeded as leader by: 1. Aaron, 2. Caleb; 3. Joshua, 4. Eleazar.
_____2. The Jordan River at this time of year was usually: 1. low and nearly dry; 2. at average dept; 3. overflowing its banks.
_____3. The Lord's orders for taking Jericho included: 1. marching; 2. blowing of trumpets; 3. shouting.
_____4. All the city of Jericho was destroyed except: 1. the king; 2. the princes of the city; 3. the women; 4. Jonah's house; 5. Rahab's house.
_____5. The first battle of Ai was: 1. met with defeat; 2. stalemate; 3. victorious.
_____6. The group that pulled a big deception on Joshua in chapter. 9 was: 1. the Israelites; 2. the Gibeonites; 3. The Simonites.
_____7. Five kings in chapter 10 fleeing from Joshua hid: 1. in a cave; 2. up a tree; 3. in an idol temple.
_____8. Someone killing a person accidentally could flee to a designated city to be sure he would have a fair hearing: It was called: 1. a city of Justice; 2. a city of Mercy; 3. a city of Refuge; 4. a city of Peace.
_____9. There were: 1. three; 2. six; 3. twelve; such cities.
____10. 1. Joshua; 2. Joseph; 3. Aaron; was buried in Shechem (ch. 24)
| 1. Spies | ____Instructed to be strong and courageous |
| 2. Achan | ____Memorial of Jordan crossing |
| 3. Levi | ____Hid under flax |
| 4. Scarlet line | ____Means of spies' escape |
| 5. Twelve stones | ____Walls of Jericho fell |
| 6. Men shouted | ____Sinned because of covetousness |
| 7. Joshua | ____City lost because of sin |
| 8. Ai | ____Where five kings were trapped (ch.10) |
| 9. Joseph | ____Tribe that received no territory |
| 10. Cave | ____His descendants received two
shares of territory |
_____1. Joshua was the one that finally got to make a reality of God's promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
_____2. Had many of those crossing the Jordan experienced crossing the Red Sea in the same way?
_____3. Had circumcision continued to be practiced in the wilderness? (ch. 5)
_____4. Do you suppose the nations in Canaan were quite wicked? [See Halley's Bible Handbook, or some similar source.]
_____5. Was the influence of Joshua strong enough to keep Israel from idol worship while he lived? (ch. 24:31)
_____1. The crossing of the Jordan River was not a miracle.
_____2. The Lord himself sometimes appeared to men in a human form. (Ch. 5. Se also Genesis 18:1,2)
_____3. The nations of Canaan had not heard of the greatness of Israel's God.
_____4. Joshua won victory after victory and soon cleared enough of Palestine for Israel to settle.
_____5. The Israelites lived only on the west side of the Jordan River.
_____6. Joshua was the first king and his sons were to succeed him. --Windell Gann
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