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Joshua — Group study guide

Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–8

8 chapters · 75 questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.

Contents

  1. Joshua 17 questions
  2. Joshua 212 questions
  3. Joshua 37 questions
  4. Joshua 46 questions
  5. Joshua 512 questions
  6. Joshua 612 questions
  7. Joshua 710 questions
  8. Joshua 89 questions
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Joshua 1 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Joshua 1 (KJV)

  1. 1. What came to pass after the death of Moses?

    Joshua 1:1

    • A. Israel chose a king
    • B. Aaron took command
    • C. The people went back to Egypt
    • D. The LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun
  2. 2. Who would be able to stand before Joshua all the days of his life?

    Joshua 1:5

    • A. The giants
    • B. The king of Jericho
    • C. The Philistines
    • D. No one
  3. 3. How many times did the LORD tell Joshua, "Be strong and of a good courage"?

    Joshua 1:6-9

    • A. Once
    • B. Three times
    • C. Seven times
    • D. Ten times
  4. 4. What would happen to Joshua if he turned not from the law to the right hand or to the left?

    Joshua 1:7

    • A. He would never have to fight
    • B. He would live three hundred years
    • C. He would prosper whithersoever he went
    • D. He would be king of Egypt
  5. 5. What was never to depart out of Joshua's mouth?

    Joshua 1:8

    • A. The song of victory
    • B. The name of Moses
    • C. The book of the law
    • D. Aaron's blessing
  6. 6. Would the people hearken to Joshua as they hearkened to Moses?

    Joshua 1:17

    • Yes
    • No
  7. 7. Who else told Joshua to be strong and of a good courage?

    Joshua 1:16-18

    • A. Caleb
    • B. Rahab
    • C. Eleazar
    • D. The people of Israel

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Joshua 2 — Study questions

Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo

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Read first: Joshua 2 (KJV)

  1. 1. How many spies did Joshua send to Jericho?

    Joshua 2:1

    • A. Three
    • B. Seven
    • C. Twelve
    • D. Two
  2. 2. Into whose house did the spies come?

    Joshua 2:1

    • A. A merchant's
    • B. A priest's
    • C. The king of Jericho's
    • D. A harlot's
  3. 3. Who told the king of Jericho that spies from Israel had come in?

    Joshua 2:2

    • A. A priest of Jericho
    • B. The Bible does not say
    • C. Rahab
    • D. The spies themselves
  4. 4. Did Rahab lie to the king of Jericho?

    Joshua 2:4-5

    • Yes
    • No
  5. 5. Where did Rahab hide the spies?

    Joshua 2:6

    • A. With the stalks of flax upon the roof
    • B. In the city wall
    • C. In the cellar
    • D. In a well
  6. 6. Did the men of Jericho go out of the city looking for the spies?

    Joshua 2:7

    • Yes
    • No
  7. 7. How did Rahab know the LORD had given the land to Israel?

    Joshua 2:9-10

    • A. Because she dreamed it
    • B. Because the king told her
    • C. Because she saw the ark
    • D. Because the people were terrified when they heard about Israel
  8. 8. What did Rahab ask of the two spies?

    Joshua 2:12-13

    • A. That they kill the king
    • B. That they show kindness to her and her family, as she had shown them
    • C. Gold and silver
    • D. That they take her to Egypt
  9. 9. How did the spies of Israel escape?

    Joshua 2:15

    • A. By the river
    • B. Through the main gate
    • C. Through a tunnel
    • D. Through the window, let down by a cord
  10. 10. How many days did Rahab tell the spies to hide in the mountain?

    Joshua 2:16

    • A. Three days
    • B. Forty days
    • C. One day
    • D. Seven days
  11. 11. What sign was Rahab to put in the window so she would not be killed?

    Joshua 2:18

    • A. An olive branch
    • B. A line of scarlet thread
    • C. A burning lamp
    • D. A white mantle
  12. 12. How would the spies be quit of their oath?

    Joshua 2:20

    • A. If Rahab left Jericho
    • B. If seven days passed
    • C. If the king found them
    • D. If Rahab uttered their business

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Joshua 3 — Study questions

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Read first: Joshua 3 (KJV)

  1. 1. Why was it important for the Israelites to follow the ark of the covenant?

    Joshua 3:4

    • A. To arrive faster
    • B. To shelter from the sun
    • C. So the ark would not be lost
    • D. To know the way by which they must go
  2. 2. What distance were they to keep between themselves and the ark of the covenant?

    Joshua 3:4

    • A. A hundred cubits
    • B. Two thousand cubits
    • C. A day's journey
    • D. Ten cubits
  3. 3. Why did Joshua command the people to sanctify themselves?

    Joshua 3:5

    • A. Because they would offer sacrifices
    • B. Because the LORD would do wonders among them
    • C. Because it was a feast day
    • D. Because they were sick
  4. 4. Was it necessary for God to magnify Joshua as He did Moses?

    Joshua 3:7

    • Yes
    • No
  5. 5. What would happen to the river Jordan the moment the priests set their feet in it?

    Joshua 3:13

    • A. The river would overflow
    • B. The waters would be cut off and stand
    • C. The water would turn to blood
    • D. The river would dry up forever
  6. 6. Was there ever a city called Adam?

    Joshua 3:16

    • Yes
    • No
  7. 7. How long did the priests stand in the midst of the river?

    Joshua 3:17

    • A. One hour
    • B. Three days
    • C. Until midnight
    • D. Until all the people had finished passing over

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Joshua 4 — Study questions

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Read first: Joshua 4 (KJV)

  1. 1. What did the twelve men of Israel take out of the river?

    Joshua 4:2-3

    • A. Fish
    • B. Water in pitchers
    • C. Sand
    • D. Twelve stones
  2. 2. What was the purpose of the twelve stones taken from the Jordan?

    Joshua 4:6-7

    • A. That when their children asked, they could tell them God divided the river
    • B. To mark the boundaries of the tribes
    • C. To build an altar for sacrifices
    • D. To lay the foundation of a city
  3. 3. Where did they set those stones?

    Joshua 4:8, 20

    • A. On mount Sinai
    • B. Where they lodged, in Gilgal
    • C. In Jericho
    • D. In Shiloh
  4. 4. And what did Joshua do in the midst of Jordan?

    Joshua 4:9

    • A. He built a bridge
    • B. He offered a calf
    • C. He set up twelve stones where the priests' feet had stood
    • D. He washed his clothes
  5. 5. On what day did the LORD magnify Joshua?

    Joshua 4:14

    • A. The day they crossed the river Jordan
    • B. The day Jericho fell
    • C. The day Moses died
    • D. The day of the passover
  6. 6. At what moment did the river Jordan flow over all its banks again?

    Joshua 4:18

    • A. When Joshua lifted up his rod
    • B. When night fell
    • C. The next day
    • D. When the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land

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Joshua 5 — Study questions

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Read first: Joshua 5 (KJV)

  1. 1. What happened to the kings of the Amorites when they heard that Israel had crossed the Jordan?

    Joshua 5:1

    • A. They mocked Israel
    • B. They prepared for war
    • C. They made a covenant with Egypt
    • D. Their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more
  2. 2. Why did the LORD command Joshua to make sharp knives?

    Joshua 5:2

    • A. For the sacrifices
    • B. To circumcise the men of Israel
    • C. For the war against Jericho
    • D. To cut wood
  3. 3. How long did Israel abide in the place where they were circumcised?

    Joshua 5:8

    • A. Till they were whole
    • B. A year
    • C. Forty days
    • D. A single day
  4. 4. Why was that camp called Gilgal?

    Joshua 5:9

    • A. Because there was a river there
    • B. Because Moses died there
    • C. Because the LORD rolled away the reproach of Egypt from them
    • D. Because they ate manna there
  5. 5. When did Israel finally eat of the fruit of the promised land?

    Joshua 5:10-11

    • A. After they kept the passover
    • B. At mount Sinai
    • C. When they left Egypt
    • D. After the fall of Ai
  6. 6. When did Israel stop eating manna?

    Joshua 5:12

    • A. When they conquered Ai
    • B. When Moses died
    • C. On the morrow after they began eating the fruit of the land
    • D. When they crossed the Red sea
  7. 7. When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and saw what?

    Joshua 5:13

    • A. An army of Jericho
    • B. An angel on the wall
    • C. A pillar of fire
    • D. A man standing over against him
  8. 8. And what question did Joshua ask him?

    Joshua 5:13

    • A. Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
    • B. Where do you come from?
    • C. What do you want with me?
    • D. What is your name?
  9. 9. What was the answer to Joshua's question?

    Joshua 5:14

    • A. As captain of the host of the LORD am I now come
    • B. I am a messenger from Jericho
    • C. I am a servant of Moses
    • D. I am a prophet of Israel
  10. 10. Who do you think this person was before whom Joshua fell down?

    Joshua 5:14

  11. 11. What did this man tell Joshua to do with his shoe?

    Joshua 5:15

    • A. Loose it from off his foot
    • B. Tie it tight
    • C. Wash it
    • D. Leave it by the altar
  12. 12. Why was Joshua to take off his shoe?

    Joshua 5:15

    • A. Because the place where he stood was holy
    • B. Because it was wet
    • C. Because that was how one entered Jericho
    • D. Because he was going to pray

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Joshua 6 — Study questions

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Read first: Joshua 6 (KJV)

  1. 1. Why was Jericho straitly shut up?

    Joshua 6:1

    • A. Because it was night
    • B. Because of the children of Israel
    • C. Because of a plague
    • D. By order of Egypt
  2. 2. How many times a day did the LORD command Joshua to go round the city for six days?

    Joshua 6:3

    • A. Only once
    • B. Three times
    • C. Twice
    • D. Seven times
  3. 3. Who would compass the city?

    Joshua 6:3-4

    • A. The men of war and seven priests
    • B. Only the women and children
    • C. Only the Levites
    • D. The twelve spies
  4. 4. And what would they do on the seventh day?

    Joshua 6:4

    • A. Compass the city seven times
    • B. Offer sacrifices
    • C. Return to Gilgal
    • D. Rest
  5. 5. What would everyone do when they heard the long blast of the trumpets?

    Joshua 6:5

    • A. All the people would shout with a great shout
    • B. They would light a fire
    • C. They would fall down in silence
    • D. They would flee
  6. 6. What specific instruction did Joshua give the people about speaking?

    Joshua 6:10

    • A. That they sing all the time
    • B. That they not shout nor make any noise with their voice until he told them
    • C. That they pray aloud
    • D. That they speak only Hebrew
  7. 7. On how many days did they compass the city of Jericho seven times?

    Joshua 6:15

    • A. All seven days
    • B. Only the seventh day
    • C. Six days
    • D. Three days
  8. 8. Joshua declared that, when taken, the city would be what?

    Joshua 6:17

    • A. Israel's capital
    • B. A city of refuge
    • C. Accursed
    • D. A city of the Levites
  9. 9. What did Joshua tell the people to keep themselves from when they took the city?

    Joshua 6:18

    • A. The soldiers
    • B. The women
    • C. The fire
    • D. The accursed thing
  10. 10. What happened to the city wall when the people shouted?

    Joshua 6:20

    • A. It fell down flat
    • B. Nothing happened to it
    • C. A gate opened
    • D. It burned
  11. 11. Did the spies keep their word to the harlot and her family?

    Joshua 6:22-23

    • Yes
    • No
  12. 12. After being rescued, with whom did Rahab live the rest of her life?

    Joshua 6:25

    • A. With the Moabites
    • B. Alone in the mountain
    • C. With the Egyptians
    • D. With the people of Israel

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Joshua 7 — Study questions

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Read first: Joshua 7 (KJV)

  1. 1. The anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel because of Achan. What did he do?

    Joshua 7:1

    • A. He killed a Levite
    • B. He took of the accursed thing
    • C. He worshipped the sun
    • D. He fled from the battle
  2. 2. What was the consequence for Israel of what Achan did?

    Joshua 7:4-5

    • A. The Israelites fled before the men of Ai
    • B. The Jordan dried up
    • C. Joshua died
    • D. Fire fell from heaven
  3. 3. How many men of Israel did the men of Ai smite?

    Joshua 7:5

    • A. Twelve
    • B. A hundred
    • C. Three thousand
    • D. Thirty and six
  4. 4. How did the people of Israel react when they heard what Ai did?

    Joshua 7:5

    • A. They attacked again at once
    • B. They mocked
    • C. They celebrated
    • D. Their hearts melted
  5. 5. Until when did Joshua lie upon his face before the ark?

    Joshua 7:6

    • A. Forty days
    • B. Until the eventide
    • C. Seven days
    • D. Until midnight
  6. 6. What did the elders of Israel put upon their heads because of what happened at Ai?

    Joshua 7:6

    • A. Oil
    • B. Ashes of a heifer
    • C. Dust
    • D. Water
  7. 7. What did Joshua have to do so that God would be with them again?

    Joshua 7:12-13

    • A. Offer a thousand burnt offerings
    • B. Make a covenant with Ai
    • C. Cross the Jordan again
    • D. Destroy the accursed from among them
  8. 8. What did Achan hide in his tent?

    Joshua 7:21

    • A. A vessel of oil
    • B. An idol from Jericho
    • C. The weapons of the king of Ai
    • D. A Babylonish garment, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold
  9. 9. Israel put Achan to death for what he did. Who else did they put to death?

    Joshua 7:24-25

    • A. The priests
    • B. His sons and daughters
    • C. The spies
    • D. The elders
  10. 10. What did they do with the bodies after putting Achan and his family to death?

    Joshua 7:25

    • A. They buried them in Shiloh
    • B. They threw them into the Jordan
    • C. They hanged them on the wall
    • D. They burned them

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Joshua 8 — Study questions

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Read first: Joshua 8 (KJV)

  1. 1. True or false: God told Joshua He had given the king of Ai into his hand.

    Joshua 8:1

    • True
    • False
  2. 2. How many men did Joshua choose to go to war against Ai?

    Joshua 8:3

    • A. Three hundred
    • B. Three thousand
    • C. A hundred thousand
    • D. Thirty thousand
  3. 3. To take the city of the king of Ai, what did Joshua have to pretend?

    Joshua 8:5-6

    • A. That he wanted to make peace
    • B. That he was fleeing before the king
    • C. That he was wounded
    • D. That he was going to Egypt
  4. 4. Why did the men of Ai hasten and rise up early?

    Joshua 8:14

    • A. Because it was market day
    • B. Because their king had died
    • C. Because they saw the people of Israel before the city
    • D. Because a storm was coming
  5. 5. How many men were left in the city of Ai when they went out after Israel?

    Joshua 8:17

    • A. None
    • B. A thousand
    • C. A hundred
    • D. Twelve
  6. 6. What did the men of Ai leave open in pursuing Israel?

    Joshua 8:17

    • A. The well
    • B. The city
    • C. The temple
    • D. The granary
  7. 7. What did Joshua have to do with his spear for God to give him Ai?

    Joshua 8:18

    • A. Stretch it out toward Ai
    • B. Throw it at the wall
    • C. Stick it in the ground
    • D. Break it
  8. 8. How did they bring the king of Ai to Joshua?

    Joshua 8:23

    • A. Dead
    • B. Chained in a chariot
    • C. Alive
    • D. Mortally wounded
  9. 9. What did Joshua do with the king of Ai after his men brought him?

    Joshua 8:29

    • A. He hanged him on a tree
    • B. He sent him to Egypt
    • C. He made him a servant
    • D. He set him free

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