Joshua

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The Book of Joshua

Contents

Author

Date

Occasion & Purpose

Themes

Outline

I. The Conquest

Joshua 1:1-18 Joshua Commissioned

Joshua 2:1-24 Rahab and the Spies

Joshua 3:1-4:24 Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 5:1-12 Israel Circumcised at Gilgal

Joshua 5:13-6:27 Joshua Meets the Commander of YHWH's Army/The Fall of Jericho

Joshua 7:1-26 Achan's Sin

Joshua 8:1-35 Israel Destroys Ai; Covenant Renewal at Mt. Ebal

Joshua 9:1-27 The Gibeonite Deception

Joshua 10:1-43 The Sun Stands Still and Israel Defeats Many Enemies

Joshua 11:1-23 Israel's Conquers More Foes Under Joshua's Leadership

Joshua 12:1-24 List of Defeated Kings


II. The Land is Allotted to the Tribes

Joshua 13:1-33 East of the Jordan: Manasseh, Reuben and Gad

Joshua 14:1-15 Caleb Receives Hebron

Joshua 15:1-63 Allotment for Judah

Joshua 16:1-17:18 Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

Joshua 18:1-28 Allotment for Benjamin

Joshua 19:1-51 Allotments for Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan

Joshua 20:1-9 Cities of Refuge

Joshua 21:1-45 Levites Given Towns from All of the Tribes/Coda: Israel at Peace in the Land


III. Conclusion

Joshua 22:1-34 The Eastern Tribes Construct an Altar

Joshua 23:1-16 Joshua's Final Words to Assembled Israel

Joshua 24:1-33 Covenant Renewal at Shechem and Joshua's Death

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