Bible Book Studies · Intermediate · ABOUT 165 MINUTES
Study entry into the land, courage, difficult conquest texts, covenant loyalty, memory, and God’s faithfulness
Primary passage: Joshua 1:9
Read Joshua 1:9 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on be strong and courageous and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Joshua 3:17
Read Joshua 3:17 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on crossing the jordan and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Joshua 4:7
Read Joshua 4:7 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on remembering god’s acts and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Primary passage: Joshua 24:15
Read Joshua 24:15 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on choose whom you will serve and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
