Joshua did well to discourage their proud vauntings, and to show that the people could not in their own might realize God’s ideal, Psa. 105: 4. The book of Judges is a bitter commentary on these lofty words.

What the stone of witness was to Israel, the ordinances of the Lord’s Supper and Baptism are to the Church and to the world. The walls of our private chambers have listened to our prayers and tears, God help us to be true to them! :

How does this book naturally divide into four parts?

What were the principal events connected with the entrance into Canaan?

What victories and what defeat marked the conquest of the land?

Which tribes were located east of the Jordan and which in the Promised Land itself?

What New Testament book resembles JosHUA and how?

(Each question applies to the paragraph of corresponding

. ‘How was Joshua encouraged and counseled in prepara-

What steps did he take to unite all the tribes for. the campaign before them?

How did the two spies find an ally in the enemy’s city?

How did Rahab show her trust in the true God?

How did God make a path for his people into the land he had promised them?

What provision was made for preserving a memorial of the crossing of the Jordan?

What was the purpose of the renewed observance of circumcision and the Passover?

From whom and how did Joshua receive instructions for his first attack?

How was Jericho captured and why was it destroyed?

How was the sin brought to light and dealt with?

How were the conquerors now reminded that they themselves must obey God’s laws?

How was Joshua deceived by the Gibeonites?

What place did they henceforth fill in Israel?

How was Joshua aided in conquering the kings of the South?

How did Joshua carry out Jehovah’s sentence against the kings of the North?

What yet remained undone when Joshua had become old?

Who won Caleb’s daughter and what wedding-gifts did her father give with her?

How did the descendants of Joseph get sufficient land?

How was the remaining territory distributed?

What was the purpose of the Cities of Refuge?

How were the Levites provided with homes?

What cause of misunderstanding arose between the tribes east of the Jordan and the other tribes?

How did the altar become a witness to the fact that all the tribes served Jehovah, the one true God?

What was Joshua’s great desire, as expressed in his farewell address?

What great lesson did he draw from Israel’s national history?

How did he bind them to loyalty to their God?