ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND, | POSSESSING THE LAND, | DISTRIBUTING THE LAND, | RETAINING THE LAND, |
Joshua assumes leadership, | Jericho, | The eastern tribes, | Eastern tribes, |
Rahab and the spies, | Ai, | The western tribes, | Joshua's farewell speech, |
Crossing the Jordan, | Gibeonites, | Cities of refuge, | Covenant renewal, |
Circumcision, | Summary of conquest, | Levitical cities, | |
Commander of the army of the Lord, |
Major characters #
- Joshua (“Jehovah the Saviour”)
- Caleb (“wholehearted”)
- Eleazar (“God has helped”) the priest
Major events #
- Crossing the Jordan, 3
- Walls of Jericho fall down, 6
- Sin of Achan, 7
- Treaty with the Gibeonites, 9
- Lord casts down hailstones on Amorites, 10
- Sun stands still, 10
- Death of Joshua, 24
Major themes #
- Covenant renewal, 8:30-35; 24:1-28
- Judgement on the nations
- Memorials
- Twelve stones, 4:21-24
- A great heap of stones, 7:26
- A great heap of stones, 8:29
- Large stones at cave of 5 kings, 10:27
Christ in all the Scriptures #
- Scarlet cord, 2:18
- Commander of the army of the Lord, 5:13-15
- Joshua as a type of Christ
- Christ as our inheritance
- Cities of refuge, 20:1-9