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What is Joshua about?
Preparation for Conquest (Ch. 1-5)
- Commissioning of Joshua (1:1-9)
- Encouragement to be strong and courageous (1:10-18)
- Send spies into Jericho who meet Rahab (2:1-24)
- The Israelites cross the Jordan river (3:1-17)
- Setting up stones of remembrance (4:1-9)
- They pass over Jordan with the ark (4:10-24)
- Circumcision at Gilgal (5:1-9)
- Joshua 5:2-9 Circumcised, putting off the flesh, just like the Holy Spirit of God is received by a sinner and the body of flesh is put off.
- Called Gilgal because the reproach of Egypt was rolled away.
- The appearance of the Commander of the Lord’s Army (5:13-15)
- Joshua 5:10-11 Old things are passed away and behold all things have become new.
- Joshua 5:12 No more miraculous feeding from the Lord, it’s time to learn to be nourished by what will be found in the inheritance. Fulfill your opportunity.
- Joshua 5:13-15 Now they’d be led by the Lord himself. Israelites would learn to possess and be satisfied by holy ground.
Conquest of the Inheritance (Ch. 6-12)
- Conquest of Jericho (6:1-27)
- The sin of Achan and its consequences (7:1-26)
- Conquest of Ai (8:1-29)
- Renewal of the covenant at Shechem (8:30-35)
- The Gibeonite deception (9:1-27)
- Southern campaign (10:1-43)
- Northern campaign (11:1-23)
- Recap of the defeated kings (12:1-24)
Division of the Land (Ch. 13-22)
- Instructions for land distribution (13:1-7)
- Land allotments to the Transjordan tribes (13:8-33)
- Land allotments to the West Bank tribes (14:1-15:63)
- Allotments for the priests and Levites (18:1-28)
- Cities of refuge (20:1-9)
- Levitical cities (21:1-45)
- Dispute with the Transjordan tribes settled (22:1-34)
Joshua’s Farewell and Death (Ch. 23-24)
- Joshua’s farewell address (23:1-16)
- Renewal of the covenant at Shechem (24:1-28)
- Death of Joshua and Eleazar (24:29-33)
