Lesson 12Joshua, Chapters 13-19Homework for April 10, 2018
Dividing the Land
DAY ONEJoshua 13:1-33Getting started
When Israel experienced great victories and the battles are over, what is said about Joshua?
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For context, how old was Joshua when he died? Joshua 24:29 ______
Many places remain to be conquered. This is a significant list, so let's think about the situation just a little bit. Since battles have ceased, however, these peoples must be inhabiting the land but not fighting against Israel. Lack of open conflict, however, does not mean that peace has been made, that the remaining people are free to live in the land, or that there is not ongoing resistance to Israel.
What does God say He will do about this situation? ______
In spite of the remaining original inhabitants, what does the LORD instruct Joshua to do?
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Who was living within Reuben's territory and was killed? Joshua 13:22 ______
We know about him from Numbers 22 through 24 and his struggle to curse/bless Israel for Midian.
What does Peter say in 2 Pet. 2:15______
Name the 9 and 1/2 tribes who will receive this inheritance: See Num. 13:4-15 for a quick list.
half tribe of ______
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What 3 tribes had already received their inheritance? ______, ______and 1/2______Where? ______
What enemy tribes had not been dispossessed from this area? v. 13
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It seems that there is yet much to be done to conquer the land.
DAY TWOJoshua 13:14, 32Special inheritance for the Levites
There are two references to the Levites in this chapter.
From v. 14, what were the Levites denied? ______To what does that refer? ______
What IS theirs? ______
We can get more insight into the position of the Levites among the tribes by going back to Deut. 18:1-5.
From these verses, why are they excluded from land distribution? ______
What is due them from the people? ______
Why? ______
Let's see how this came about.
When the sons of Israel left Egypt, what did God require of them?
Ex. 13:2 ______
How was that requirement modified?
Num. 3:12-13, 44-45 ______
In your class notes for Lesson 7, there is a chart which shows the priests and Levites and their duties.
This is a good time to review this information.
As the sons of Israel moved in the wilderness, where was the camp of the Levites?
Num. 1:53 ______
What were their years of service? Num. 8:23-26 ______
Under Joshua, how many Levites were there? Num. 26:62 ______From what age? ______
What were the ages of the military men numbered for the other tribes? Num. 26:2 ______
How were the Levites supported and resources made available for maintenance of the Tabernacle and later the Temple. Num. 18:25-30 ______
Where was this support to be given? Deut. 12:5, 11 ______
How did God view failure to give this support? Malachi 3:8 ______
From Joshua 13:33, what is the Levites' portion in the land? ______
How would that define their responsibilities? ______
From: Joshua 14:4 ______
DAY THREEJoshua 14:1 - 15:63Territory for Judah
What assistance is Joshua getting for making land assignments? ______
What do we know about this process from Num. 26:55-56 ______
This process involved the Urim and Thummim. What do we know about this from
Ex. 28:30 ______
Deut. 33:8 ______
Ezra 2:61-63 ______
Caleb's special request. Of what does Caleb remind Joshua? Joshua 14:6-15
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What had been Caleb's virtue? ______
What is Caleb's current age? ______His general health? ______
What he ask for? ______Who lives there? ______
Specifically, what city did Caleb receive? ______
The borders for all of Judah's inheritance are given in Joshua 15:1-13.
Caleb was given a special portion of this land.
In conquering Hebron, who did Caleb drive out? v. 13-14 ______
What reward did Caleb offer for the one who gained Debir? ______
Who succeeded? ______Judges 3:9-11 He would be a ______in Israel.
What did Caleb's daughter request? ______
As a bride, what would this represent? Her ______
The remainder of Chapter 15 lists Judah's territory as given to specific families. Many of these towns and villages have familiar names. However, one significant place was left to be conquered.
v. 63 ______Who lived there? ______
DAY FOURJoshua 16:1 - 17:18Territory for Ephraim and Manasseh
Ephraim and Manasseh were the two sons of Joseph. Jacob's blessing for them while they were children in Egypt had continuing effect through the generations and will be significant in their inheritance.
Genesis 48 tells us about how when Jacob was dying, Joseph took his two sons for Jacob's blessing.
We know there is no tribe of "Joseph", so what happened!
According to Gen. 48:5, what did Jacob do? ______
According to Gen. 41:51-52, what is the birth order of Joseph's sons? ______then ______
Who would have gotten the first-born blessing given by Jacob's right hand? ______
However, Jacob gave the right hand blessing to ______. Gen. 48:14
What was Joseph's reaction? v. 17______
What was Jacob's blessing for Joseph's first-born son? Gen. 48:19
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for Joseph's second son? ______
In blessing Joseph's sons, what had Jacob done? Gen. 48:22 ______
Joshua 16:1-9 give the borders of Ephraim's territory. What was the problem with Gezer? v. 10
______. What happened to its inhabitants? ______
In Joshua 17:1-6, a problem arose in apportioning land to Manasseh's tribe. Who might have been left out? ______Why? ______
Who was approached for a decision? v. 4______
This issue had previously come before Moses. See Numbers 27:1-11
By what ultimate authority was the problem solved? ______
Manasseh's borders west of the Jordan River are given in Joshua 17:7-10. Continuing in verses 11-13, Manasseh was also given towns among the territory of two other tribes: ______and ______Why could they not take possession of these towns? ______
As an alternative, what was done? ______
Joshua 17:14-18, record that both Ephraim and Manasseh were unsatisfied with their allotment.
What did they ask? ______
What was Joshua's reply? ______
Why did they think this was not reasonable? ______
As a result, however, Joshua gave them the ______but they would have to take it.
DAY FIVEJoshua 18:1 - 19:51Land for the remaining tribes
At this point seven tribes had not received their allotment. Where did they all come together? ______
What had been set up there? ______
What was the first step in making these decisions? v. 4-9 ______
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With this information, what is the second step? v. 10 ______
Josh. 18:11-28 specify the inheritance of Benjamin by territory and cities.
Josh. 19:1-9 give only cities to Simeon. Where were these cities? v. 9 ______
Josh. 19:10-16 give borders and cities given to Zebulun.
Josh. 19:17-23 give borders and cities given to Issachar.
Josh. 19:24-31 give Asher's land. What significant city is named in v. 29? ______
Josh. 19:32-39 name the borders and cities of Naphtali's land.
Josh. 19:40-48 give Dan's territory. How did Dan's land get its name? v. 47 ______
Josh. 19:49-50 What was Joshua's special inheritance? ______
Why would Joshua get an inheritance in Ephraim's allotment? Num. 13:8
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v. 51 Eleazar and Joshua completed their task before the LORD.
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