A Bird's-Eye View of the BibleIV.
V. 1451 B.C. to 1427 B.C., making twenty-four years.
VI. 1. Preparations to enter Canaan. 1 to 5.
2. The Three Campaigns of Conquest. 6 to 12.
3. The Division of the Land. 13 to 22.
4. Joshua's Farewell Speeches. 23, 24.
VII. 1:6 in part: "Thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land."
VIII. Our Possessions Equal Our Conquests. (See Hurlbut's Bible Atlas, page 53.)
IX. 1:8.
24:15 in part: "Choose you this day whom ye will serve."
X. 1. The Two Commissions.
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3 and 4. Israel at Jordan.
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7 and 8.
12. The Thirty-one Kings Smitten.
XI. Joshua, Rahab, Caleb, Achan, Eleazar.
XII. 1. The Wide Influence of One Sin.
2. The Lord Fights the Believer's Battles.
NOTE.--Let the teacher question as to the basis of these leading lessons, also explain the thought, and render the same practical in every-day life.
XIII. (a) Symbol. None.
(b) Type. Joshua. See derivation of word Jesus, also Matt. 1:21.
Note two likenesses between Jesus and Joshua.
(c) a.n.a.logy. None.
(d) Prophecy. None.
XIV. _Questions:_
1. In Joshua's commission, name the three promises of G.o.d. 1:1 to 1:5.
2. In what verses of the Bible does the word "success" occur? See concordance.
3. Name the three conditions of "_good_" success in 1:8. State difference between "good" success and "great" success.
4. Name the two occurrences in 8:32 to 8:35 and state the reason therefor.
5. How, and by whom, and where was the land divided among the tribes?
See 14:1 and 2 and 19:51.
6. What was the lot of Levi? 13:33. (Psa. 16:5.)
7. What four things would the heathen nations become if not driven out?
23:13.
8. What strong statement does Joshua make in 23:14?
NOTE.--If the time permits, let the teacher add several questions, especially about the battles.
XV. _Items of Special Interest._
Select ten.
XVI. _Individual Finds._
Chapters 2, 10, 22.
JUDGES
_Pictorial Device._
Originate one, or omit.
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III.
IV.
V. 1427 B.C. to 1095 B.C., making 332 years.
VI. The Rule of Thirteen Judges, containing Six Bondages of Israel, and Their Six Deliverances.