Book of Joshua
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The Book of Joshua is the sixth book of the Bible and the first book of the Bible outside the Pentateuch. It can be classified as one of the Historical Books of the Bible.
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Chapters
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Outline
Crossing into the Land (1:1–5:15)
Joshua's charge (1:1–18)
Joshua, the spies, and Rahab (2:1–24)
Crossing the Jordan (3:1–4:24)
Ritual renewal and divine encounter (5:1–15)
Taking the Land (6:1–12:24)
Jericho's fall: firstfruits of war (6:1–27)
Israel's failure: Achan's sin; corporate guilt (7:1–26)
Israel's renewal: Ai's defeat (8:1–35)
Israel's Canaanite covenant: the Gibeonite ruse (9:1–27)
Defense of Gibeon, conquest of the south (10:1–43)
Conquest of the north and a list of defeated kings (11:1–12:24)
Dividing the Land (13:1–21:45)
It's yours, now take it! (13:1–33)
Western territories (14:1–19:51)
A land of justice and worship (20:1–21:45)
Serving the Lord in the Land (22:1–24:33)
One nation, under God (22:1–34)
Joshua's charge to Israel's leaders (23:1–16)
Covenant renewal at Shechem (24:1–33)
Note
- Holy Bible, English Standard Version: the ESV Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008.
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