Joshua

Question 1

Overall view of the Israelite conquest of Canaan depicted in the Book of Joshua?

Answer 1

In Joshua, the Israelites are commanded by God and led by Joshua to utterly prescribe and destroy all the inhabitants of the land, which are they portrayed as mostly doing in a methodological way.

Question 2

Linguistic echoes of Deut? Chap. 1?

Answer 2

Commands to utterly destroy inhabitants of Canaan.

Question 3

How is Joshua like Moshe?

Answer 3

• Leads people
• Splits Sea
• Holy being tells him to remove his shoes.
• presents the law

Question 4

What plot lines from BaMidbar and Dvarim are ended in Joshua?

Answer 4

• Wandering in the Desert
• Conquest
• Daughters of Tzelophehad
• Calebs’ promise of land
• Cities of refuge and Levitical cities
• Joseph’s bones

Question 5

Geographic areas of Joshua?

Answer 5

Southern Ephraim - mostly central Canaan, around Jericho. Some activity in N and S.

Question 6

2:1 רחב הזונה

Answer 6

Rakhav the prostitute - Jericho woman who helped protect the Israelite spies - she and her family were spared because of this and joined the Israelites.

Question 7

3 Joshua at the Jordan River

Answer 7

Split the river so Israelites could cross over. Had stones both erected in the river and brought from the river to Gilgal to erect as monuments.

Question 8

4:12 The stones at Gilgal

Answer 8

12 of them - Joshua had them brought from the Jordan to serve as a monument.

Question 9

5:3 גבעת הערלות

Answer 9

“Hill of Foreskins” - place where Joshua had the Israelites circumcised, for this generation hadn’t been yet.

Question 10

7: אכן, העי, עמק עכור

Answer 10

Achan - Israelite who disobeyed God’s command not to take any booty from Jericho. Because of this, the first battle against
Ai failed. He and his family were stoned and burned by the Israelites in the Valley of Achor.

Question 11

10:12 ספר הישר

Answer 11

Book of Yashar - a lost book mentioned in Joshua by the narrator - especially recording events of Joshua recording the sun and moon.

Question 12

18:1 Shilo

Answer 12

Where Joshua gathers the Israelites to divide up the land.

Question 13

22 The Transjordanian altar

Answer 13

Reuben, Gad, half-Menassah, the tribes on the other side of the Jordan built an altar that seemed idolatrous, but then they revealed that it was to remind them NOT to worship other gods.

Question 14

24 Shechem

Answer 14

Where Joshua gathers the Israelites to hear his last words.

Question 15

1:3 כל מקום אשר תדרוך כף רגליכם בו לכם נתתיו

Answer 15

God to Joshua at beginning of book, regarding land of Canaan.

Question 16

1:6, 7, 9 הזק ואמץ

Answer 16

Joshua’s morale cry to the people.

Question 17

5:2 עשה לך חרבת צרים ושוב מל את בני ישראל שנית

Answer 17

God to Joshua to circumcise the Israelites.

Question 18

5:13 הלנו אתה אם לצרינו

Answer 18

Joshua to the angel, before he knows what he is.

Question 19

5:14 לא כי אני שר צבא ה’ עתה באתי

Answer 19

Angel’s response and introduction to Joshua.

Question 20

10:12 שמש בגיועון דום וירח בעמק אילון

Answer 20

Joshua makes the sun and moon stand still, while protecting Giv’on against the 5 Canaanite kings.

Question 21

בְּעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר יָשְׁבוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם מֵעוֹלָם, תֶּרַח אֲבִי אַבְרָהָם וַאֲבִי נָחוֹר; וַיַּעַבְדוּ, אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים.
ג וָאֶקַּח אֶת-אֲבִיכֶם אֶת-אַבְרָהָם, מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר, וָאוֹלֵךְ אֹתוֹ, בְּכָל-אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן; וארב (וָאַרְבֶּה), אֶת-זַרְעוֹ, וָאֶתֶּן-לוֹ, אֶת-יִצְחָק.
ד וָאֶתֵּן לְיִצְחָק, אֶת-יַעֲקֹב וְאֶת-עֵשָׂו; וָאֶתֵּן לְעֵשָׂו אֶת-הַר שֵׂעִיר, לָרֶשֶׁת אוֹתוֹ, וְיַעֲקֹב וּבָנָיו, יָרְדוּ מִצְרָיִם.

Answer 21

Joshua’s final speech to the Israelites, reminding them of their history.