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Joshua Flashcards

1
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Summary of Joshua?

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1-5 Joshua Leads Israel
6-12 Battles with the Canaanites
13-22 Joshua Divides up the Land
23-24 Joshua’s Final Words

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Meaning of name Joshua?

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The Lord is Salvation

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What year did Joshua lead Israel into the promised land?

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Either 1400 BC or 1250 BC

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What is the Hexateuch?

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The idea that Joshua is included with the first 5 books of Moses and comes from the documentary hypothesis of a priestly, Elohist, etc source.

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Joshua 1:9

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Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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Who is Joshua’s father? What tribe is he from?

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Nun, Tribe of Ephraim

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How is Joshua referred to in terms of his role at the beginning of the book vs the end?

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Moses’ minister or aide. End of the book he is called the servant of the Lord

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Who took over as prophet after Moses?

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Joshua

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9
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What were the borders of Israel promised by God?

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From Lebanon to the Euphrates to all the Land of the Hittites and the Mediterranean sea.

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Which tribes were reminded by Joshua to send military men across the river Jordan with them?

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Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh who had inherited land on their side of the river.

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What was the punishment for men from Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh if they wouldn’t go fight with Israel across the river?

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Death

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Who receives the spies sent by Joshua into Jericho? What was their occupation?

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Rahab, She was a harlot

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How did Rahab protect the two spies from Jericho’s Kings men?

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Hid them on the roof in stalks of flax and told the king’s men that they had left and they should pursue them quickly.

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What was the oath that Rahab made with the spies of Joshua?

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Since she had saved them then they should spare her. She would place the scarlet thread she let them down with in the window and all her family needs to be in her house when the Israelites come to destroy Jericho.

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What was the spies report back to Joshua?

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The inhabitants of the country faint because of us as Rahab told them.

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Where did Joshua take the israelietes to get to Jericho?

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Passed through Jordan river on dry ground.

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What city were the people in right before going to Jordan to cross the river?

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Shittim

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How was the river of Jordan parted for the Israelites?

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The priest’s feet that carried the ark were in the water.

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How did Joshua commemorate the crossing of the river Jordan?

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Placed 12 stones as a memorial.

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Where were the 12 stones placed to commemorate the crossing of the river Jordan?

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In the place where the feet of the priests stood.

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What did the Lord command the Israelites to do right after crossing the river Jordan?

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To circumcise all the Israelites.

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When did the manna cease?

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Right after crossing the river Jordan after the Passover was celebrated in Gilgal

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Who was the man Joshua saw after crossing the River Jordan that asked him to remove his shoes because he was on holy ground?

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Likely Jesus Christ.

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How did the Israelites defeat Jericho?

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The Lord had them go around the city 6 days, on the 7th day go around 7 times and on the last time blow a trumpet and the people shouted. Then the wall of Jericho fell and the killed everyone but the Harlot Rahab.

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After Jericho was destroyed how else did Joshua curse it?

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Cursed it to never be rebuilt

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How many men were sent to destroy Ai? Why so few?

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3,000 because the men of Ai were few

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Why did the Israelites lose the battle against the people of Ai?

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Achan had taken the accursed belongings of the people of Jericho thus disobeying the Lord.

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What tribe was Achan from who took accursed blongings of the people of Jericho?

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Tribe of Judah

29
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What happened to Achan because he stole the spoils of Jericho?

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Israelites lost battle against people of Ai

Achan and his household are destroyed as well as the spoils they took and belongings.

30
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What did Joshua do as a reminder to the children of Israel of the commandments after defeating the people of Ai?

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He wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses.

31
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How did Joshua destroy Ai?

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He set up an ambush and drew the men of Ai out of the city after him, Ambush took over the city and burnt it. Then they killed them all. He hanged the King of Ai

32
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Why were the Israelites tricked by the Gibeonites to not kill them and let them join them?

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They didn’t counsel with the Lord

33
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What did the Gibeonites do to convince the Israelites not to kill them?

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They dress up as foreigners and ask to make a league with the Israelites. They tricked them. Joshua and his men do not ask counsel of the Lord and make a covenant to be partners with them.

34
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Who was the leader of the five kings who went against Israel after the Gibeonites joined them?

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Adonizedek

35
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How did the Israelites defeat the five kings lead by Adonizedek?

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The Lord cast down great stones from heaven. The Sun and Moon stood still until they had avenged themselves against them.

36
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What is the book that it was written that the Sun and Moon stood still for the Israelites to defeat the five kings?

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The Book of Jasher

37
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What people were completely wiped out from the Land of Israel who were responsible for scaring the spies 40 years earlier from entering the land?

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The Anakims.

38
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How many kings did Joshua smite on the other side of Jordan?

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31 total

39
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What was the inheritance of the tribe of Levi?

A

The Lord God of Israel

40
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What did Caleb ask for his inheritance?

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Hebron - The mountain region where the Anakim lived.

41
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What was the name of the greatest man of the Anakim?

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Arba

42
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How old was Caleb when he asked Joshua for his inheritance?

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85

43
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Who was Caleb’s Daughter?

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Achsah

44
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What people could Judah not drive out so they lived with them in Jerusalem?

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The Jebusites

44
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Who did Caleb give his daughter to and why?

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To Othniel because he smote Kirjath-sepher

45
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Which tribe was to drive out the canaanites from the wood country?

A

Tribe of Ephraim

46
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Which tribe didn’t drive out the canaanites but made them pay tribute?

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Manasseh

47
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How did Joshua decide how the last 7 tribes’ lands would be divided?

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He sent out 3 men from each tribe to detail the remaining land and then had them cast lots in Shiloh to divi it up.

47
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Which tribe was given a portion out of the land originally given to the tribe of Judah because it was too much for them?

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Simeon

48
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What city was Joshua’s Inheritance?

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Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim

49
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Who was involved in dividing up the lands to the 12 tribes?

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Joshua, Eleazar, and the fathers of the tribes.

50
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What were cities of refuge appointed for?

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For people who kill unwittingly can flee to.

51
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How long would people who fled to cities of refuge have to stay there?

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Until they stand before the congregation for judgment and until the death of the high priest.

52
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How many cities of refuge were appointed in Israel?

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6

53
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How many cities were given to the Levites in the promised land?

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48

54
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What is the name of the great altar that the tribe of Reuben/Gad/ and half of the tribe of Manasseh built by Jordan on their way back to their lands after taking Canaan?

A

Ed

55
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Why did the 9 1/2 tribes want to go to war against the other 2 1/2 after they left Shiloh back to their lands?

Why did they not end up fighting?

A

They thought the great altar they built symbolized them going back to pagan sacrifices.

They found out it was to be a witness between the east and west tribes that they do the service of the Lord

56
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What does the name of the altar “Ed” mean?

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Witness

57
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Who was sent to investigate the great altar Ed that was made by the 2 1/2 tribes?

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Phinehas, son of Eleazar, as well as ten princes from the 9 1/2 tribes.

58
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What does Joshua teach will happen to the Israelites if they intermarry with the native canaanites?

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God will not drive them out, they will become traps, snares, scourges, and thorns to the Israelites and eventually cause them to perish.

59
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When Joshua speaks of their fathers dwelling on the other side of the flood what does he mean?

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Actually, the other side of ‘river’ in other versions. Meaning over in Ur of the Chaldeans where Abraham was involved in serving false Gods.

60
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Where was Joshua Buried?

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Shechem in the land purchased by Jacob from the sons of Hamor.

61
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How long did Israel serve the Lord after Joshua died?

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All the days of the elders that overlived Joshua which knew the works the Lord had done for Israel

62
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Joshua 24:15

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And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

63
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How old was Joshua when he died?

A

110

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