Joshua Twenty Questions

1. What questions do you have about this week’s reading?

2. How many times (and by whom) is Joshua told in chapter 1 to be “strong and courageous”?

3. Being strong and courageous is necessary for Joshua and the Israelites to succeed, while their opponents “melt in fear.”  Have you ever seen fear play a decisive role in the ability to persevere?

4. Based on the story of Rahab in chapter two, what appears to be most important to God: one’s ethnicity, one’s morality, or which side one is on?

5. How does the testimony of Rahab in Joshua 2:8-11 show that God’s reputation is spreading on account of Israel’s experiences?

6. What happened at Gilgal?  (Joshua 4:19-24)

7. Although fear is generally considered a negative in the book of Joshua, why is it recommended that the people fear the Lord?  (Joshua 4:24)

8. Why does the manna stop in Joshua 5?

9. Whose side is the commander of the army of the Lord on?  (Joshua 5:13-15)

10. What were Joshua’s “marching orders”, and how did they result in the fall of Jericho?

11. What caused the army’s failure at Ai?  (Joshua 7:10-12)

12. With what tactic did Joshua conquer Ai?

13. Which scripture is Joshua 8:30-35 a fulfillment of?

14. What was the ruse of the Gibeonites?

15. According to Joshua 11, how faithfully did Joshua follow the orders given by Moses?

16. How many kings did Joshua and the Israelites successfully defeat?

17. In what town was the tent of meeting set up?  (Joshua 18)

18. After establishing towns of refuge and towns for the Levites, how many of God’s promises to Moses could be said to have gone unfulfilled?  (Joshua 21:43-45)

19. Why did the tribes east of the Jordan build an altar at Geliloth?

20. What ultimately happened to Joseph’s bones?