An Overview of Joshua Chapters 20-24 Questions

1. Who could rightly flee to a city of refuge?

2. Was one who rightly fled to a city of refuge expected to declare his presence there?

3. How long could one who rightly fled to a city of refuge stay under the safety of that city?

4. How much of what God promised was received by Israel?

5. The children of Gad, Reuben, and half of Manasseh wanted to stop short of the land promised to Israel on the
other side of the Jordan. They were told they could have that land, but they needed to continue fighting alongside
their brethren until all of the tribes received their land (Numbers 32:1-31 and Joshua 1:12-16). Did the children of
Gad, Reuben, and half of Manasseh keep their promise to fight alongside their brethren until the end?

6. What did Joshua command the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh to heed diligently?

7. What misunderstanding occurred when the children of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built an altar
by Jordan?

8. Was the misunderstanding cleared up?

9. List six “reminders” Joshua gave the children of Israel in chapter twenty-three.

10. How much history did God have Joshua remind the children of Israel about?

11. What should the history lesson do for Israel as Joshua is now preparing to die?

12. What kind of leadership is exhibited by Joshua when he gives Israel a choice of whom they’ll serve?

13. Do we see that Joshua’s reminder of the good God had done was effective in the answer of the children of Israel
to Joshua’s questioning of whom they’d serve?

14. What response was given to Joshua’s statements in verses nineteen and twenty?

15. Were there strange gods among the children of Israel in our current context?

16. How long did Israel serve the Lord?

17. Who dies as the book of Joshua concludes?

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