JOSHUA
OUTLINE OF CONTENTS
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Joshua sends two spies to Jericho (1-3)
Rahab hides the spies (4-7)
Promise to Rahab (8-21a)
The spies return to Joshua (21b-24)
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Circumcision at Gilgal (1-9)
Passover celebrated; manna stops (10-12)
Prince of Jehovah’s army (13-15)
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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)
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Joshua sets ambush against Ai (1-13)
Ai successfully captured (14-29)
Law read at Mount Ebal (30-35)
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Shrewd Gibeonites seek peace (1-15)
Gibeonites’ trick exposed (16-21)
Gibeonites to fetch wood and water (22-27)
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Israel defends Gibeon (1-7)
Jehovah fights for Israel (8-15)
The attacking five kings killed (16-28)
Cities in the south captured (29-43)
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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)
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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)
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Eastern tribes return home (1-8)
Altar built at the Jordan (9-12)
Meaning of the altar explained (13-29)
Conflict settled (30-34)
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Joshua reviews Israel’s history (1-13)
Exhortation to serve Jehovah (14-24)
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)