OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Jehovah encourages Joshua (1-9)

  • Read the Law in an undertone (8)

• Preparations to cross the Jordan (10-18)

2

• Joshua sends two spies to Jericho (1-3)

• Rahab hides the spies (4-7)

• Promise to Rahab (8-21a)

  • Scarlet cord as a sign (18)

• The spies return to Joshua (21b-24)

3

• Israel crosses the Jordan (1-17)

4

• Stones to serve as a memorial (1-24)

5

• Circumcision at Gilgal (1-9)

• Passover celebrated; manna stops (10-12)

• Prince of Jehovah’s army (13-15)

6

• Wall of Jericho falls (1-21)

• Rahab and her family spared (22-27)

7

• Israel defeated at Ai (1-5)

• Joshua’s prayer (6-9)

• Sin cause of Israel’s defeat (10-15)

• Achan exposed and stoned (16-26)

8

• Joshua sets ambush against Ai (1-13)

• Ai successfully captured (14-29)

• Law read at Mount Ebal (30-35)

9

• Shrewd Gibeonites seek peace (1-15)

• Gibeonites’ trick exposed (16-21)

• Gibeonites to fetch wood and water (22-27)

10

• Israel defends Gibeon (1-7)

• Jehovah fights for Israel (8-15)

  • Hailstones on fleeing enemies (11)

  • The sun stands still (12-14)

• The attacking five kings killed (16-28)

• Cities in the south captured (29-43)

11

• Cities in the north captured (1-15)

• Summary of Joshua’s conquests (16-23)

12

• Kings defeated east of the Jordan (1-6)

• Kings defeated west of the Jordan (7-24)

13

• Land yet to be conquered (1-7)

• Division of the land east of the Jordan (8-14)

• Reuben’s inheritance (15-23)

• Gad’s inheritance (24-28)

• Manasseh’s inheritance in the east (29-32)

• Jehovah is Levites’ inheritance (33)

14

• Division of the land west of the Jordan (1-5)

• Caleb inherits Hebron (6-15)

15

• Judah’s inheritance (1-12)

• Caleb’s daughter gets land (13-19)

• Cities of Judah (20-63)

16

• Inheritance of Joseph’s descendants (1-4)

• Ephraim’s inheritance (5-10)

17

• Manasseh’s inheritance in the west (1-13)

• Additional land for Joseph’s descendants (14-18)

18

• Rest of the land distributed at Shiloh (1-10)

• Benjamin’s inheritance (11-28)

19

• Simeon’s inheritance (1-9)

• Zebulun’s inheritance (10-16)

• Issachar’s inheritance (17-23)

• Asher’s inheritance (24-31)

• Naphtali’s inheritance (32-39)

• Dan’s inheritance (40-48)

• Joshua’s inheritance (49-51)

20

• Cities of refuge (1-9)

21

• Cities for the Levites (1-42)

  • For Aaron’s descendants (9-19)

  • For the rest of the Kohathites (20-26)

  • For the Gershonites (27-33)

  • For the Merarites (34-40)

• Jehovah’s promises fulfilled (43-45)

22

• Eastern tribes return home (1-8)

• Altar built at the Jordan (9-12)

• Meaning of the altar explained (13-29)

• Conflict settled (30-34)

23

• Joshua’s farewell to Israel’s leaders (1-16)

  • None of Jehovah’s words failed (14)

24

• Joshua reviews Israel’s history (1-13)

• Exhortation to serve Jehovah (14-24)

  • “As for me and my household, we will serve Jehovah” (15)

• Joshua’s covenant with Israel (25-28)

• Joshua’s death and burial (29-31)

• Joseph’s bones buried at Shechem (32)

• Eleazar’s death and burial (33)