Joshua — Group study guide
Part 1 of 2 · chapters 1–8
8 chapters · 75 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
Contents
- Joshua 17 questions
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Joshua 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 1 (KJV)
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Would the people hearken to Joshua as they hearkened to Moses?
Joshua 1:17
- Yes
- No
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
Notes
Joshua 2 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 2 (KJV)
1. How many spies did Joshua send to Jericho?
Joshua 2:1
- A. Three
- B. Seven
- C. Twelve
- D. Two
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. 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. Did Rahab lie to the king of Jericho?
Joshua 2:4-5
- Yes
- No
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. Did the men of Jericho go out of the city looking for the spies?
Joshua 2:7
- Yes
- No
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Notes
Joshua 3 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 3 (KJV)
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. 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. 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. Was it necessary for God to magnify Joshua as He did Moses?
Joshua 3:7
- Yes
- No
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. Was there ever a city called Adam?
Joshua 3:16
- Yes
- No
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
Notes
Joshua 4 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 4 (KJV)
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Notes
Joshua 5 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 5 (KJV)
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Who do you think this person was before whom Joshua fell down?
Joshua 5:14
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. 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
Notes
Joshua 6 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 6 (KJV)
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Did the spies keep their word to the harlot and her family?
Joshua 6:22-23
- Yes
- No
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
Notes
Joshua 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 7 (KJV)
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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
Notes
Joshua 8 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
Read first: Joshua 8 (KJV)
1. True or false: God told Joshua He had given the king of Ai into his hand.
Joshua 8:1
- True
- False
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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