12/09/2011

Annotated Outline of Joshua

Joshua
  1. Israel's second leader  (1:1-18)
    1. Joshua's commission (Num. 27:15)  (1:1-9)
    2. Joshua, the second prophetic leader of Israel, assumes command  (1:10-15)
    3. Israel accepts Joshua and promises obedience to him  (1:16-18)
  2. Second spies sent (cp. Num. 13:17-25, refs.; Dt. 1:20,22)  (2:1-24)
    1. Number and commission  (2:1)
    2. Spies protected by Rahab the harlot (Heb. 11:31)  (2:2-7)
    3. Success of the spies  (2:8-11)
    4. Their covenant with Rahab  (2:12-20)
    5. Their departure and report  (2:21-24)
  3. Passage over Jordan (Josh. 3:1-5:15; cp. Ex. 14; 2 Ki. 2)  (3:1-17)
    1. Arrival at Jordan  (3:1)
    2. Joshua instructs Israel  (3:2-6)
    3. God's prophecy to Joshua  (3:7-8)
    4. Joshua's prophecy to Israel  (3:9-13)
    5. Congealing of Jordan: first miracle (cp. Ex. 15:8)  (3:14-16)
    6. Passage over Jordan  (3:17)
  4. Two memorials of crossing the river Jordan  (4:1-24)
    1. Order of the hosts in crossing the river Jordan  (4:11-13)
    2. Joshua magnified by God, fulfilling Joshua 3:7  (4:14)
    3. Jordan made normal again: second miracle (Josh. 3:14)  (4:15-18)
    4. Encampment and memorial at Gilgal (Josh. 4:1-10)  (4:19-20)
    5. Purpose of the memorial  (4:21-24)
  5. Effect of the miracle of Jordan on the Canaanites  (5:1-15)
    1. Circumcision: reproach of Egypt rolled away  (5:2-9)
    2. First passover in Canaan  (5:10)
    3. Change of diet.  Manna ceased: end of forty years of miracles (Ex. 16:35)  (5:11-12)
    4. God the Commander-in-chief makes bodily appearance  (5:13-15)
  6. Conquest of Canaan (Josh. 6:1-11:23)  (6:1-27)
    1. Fall of Jericho (Heb. 11:30)  (6:1-7)
      1. Plan of battle (cp. Josh. 8:1-29; 10:1-12:7)  (6:1-7)
    2. The siege: silent marches around Jericho  (6:8-15)
    3. Instruction for entering Jericho  (6:16-19)
    4. Walls of Jericho fall flat: third miracle  (6:20)
    5. Complete victory and destruction of Jericho  (6:21-24)
    6. Covenant kept with Rahab (Josh. 2:8-21; Heb. 11:31)  (6:25)
    7. Curse on Jericho; fulfilled (1 Ki. 16:34)  (6:26-27)
  7. Failure at Ai  (7:1-26)
    1. Cause: sin of Achan (Josh. 6:18; Dt. 23:9)  (7:1)
    2. Second defeat of Israel (cp. Num. 14:41)  (7:2-5)
    3. First and only complaint of Joshua (cp. Ex. 3:11; 5:19)  (7:6-9)
    4. God's answer: sin revealed  (7:10-11)
    5. Sin must be judged and cleansed to remove defeat  (7:12-15)
    6. Tracing the sin to Achan  (7:16-18)
    7. Achan confesses to stealing one garment and $612.75  (7:19-21)
    8. Judgment upon Achan  (7:22-26)
  8. Fall of Ai  (8:1-35)
    1. Plan of battle to remove effects of the defeat of Josh. 7:2  (8:1-8)
    2. The plan executed  (8:9-19)
    3. Complete victory over Ai  (8:20-29)
    4. Celebration of victory  (8:30-31)
    5. Mounts of blessing and cursing, fulfilling Dt. 11:29-32; 27:11-28:68  (8:32-35)
  9. Mobilization of all Canaan against Israel  (9:1-27)
    1. Joshua outwitted: breaks the laws of Ex. 23:32; 34:13-17; Num. 33:51-56; Dt. 7:1-2; 20:16  (9:3-5)
      1. Deception prepared by Gibeonites  (9:3-5)
    2. League proposed to Joshua  (9:6-8)
    3. Deception carried out  (9:9-13)
    4. Deception successful because God was not consulted  (9:14-15)
    5. Deception discovered  (9:16-17)
    6. First murmur of Israel under Joshua (Josh. 17:12; 22:1; cp. Ex. 5:19, refs.)  (9:18-19)
    7. Punishment for deception  (9:20-27)
  10. Victory at Gibeon  (10:1-43)
    1. Confederacy against Gibeon  (10:1-5)
    2. Gibeon appeals to Joshua for help  (10:6-7)
    3. Threefold victory  (10:8-9)
      1. A. Israel's part  (10:8-9)
    4. B. God's part: fourth miracle-great hail from heaven  (10:10-11)
    5. C. God's part: fifth miracle-earth stopped revolving for a day  (10:12-14)
    6. Victory over the five kings  (10:15-27)
    7. Victory at Makkedah  (10:28)
    8. Victory at Libnah  (10:29-30)
    9. Victory at Lachish  (10:31-32)
    10. Victory at Gezer  (10:33)
    11. Victory at Eglon  (10:34-35)
    12. Victory at Hebron  (10:36-37)
    13. Victory at Debir  (10:38-39)
    14. Final southern victories  (10:40-43)
  11. Victory at Merom over united northern armies (cp. Josh. 13:5-6)  (11:1-23)
    1. Victory at Hazor  (11:10-11)
    2. Full extent of Joshua's victories  (11:12-23)
  12. Roster of conquered kings  (12:1-24)
    1. Two kings east of Jordan (Num. 21:21-35)  (12:1-6)
    2. Thirty-one kings of Canaan  (12:7-24)
  13. Division of the land (Josh. 13:1-21:45)  (13:1-33)
    1. God's message concerning general divisions (Josh. 13:1-14:5)  (13:1-4)
      1. Unconquered southern lands  (13:1-4)
    2. Unconquered northern lands  (13:5-6)
    3. Portion for 9/ tribes west of Jordan  (13:7)
    4. Portion for 2/ tribes east of Jordan  (13:8-12)
    5. Failure of Israel (Dt. 7:2)  (13:13)
    6. No inheritance for Levi  (13:14)
    7. Reuben's inheritance; death of Balaam  (13:15-23)
    8. Gad's inheritance  (13:24-28)
    9. Manasseh's inheritance  (13:29-33)
  14. The dividers of Canaan  (14:1-15)
    1. Portion of the 9/ tribes  (14:2-5)
    2. Concerning particular divisions (Josh. 14:6-21:45)  (14:6-15)
      1. Caleb's inheritance  (14:6-15)
  15. Borders of Judah  (15:1-63)
    1. Caleb's settlement of his portion (Josh. 14:6; Judg. 9:12)  (15:13-19)
    2. Sum of the cities of Judah  (15:20-62)
    3. Failure of Judah (Judg. 1; Dt. 7:2)  (15:63)
  16. Borders of Ephraim and Manasseh  (16:1-10)
    1. Borders of Ephraim  (16:5-9)
    2. Failure of Ephraim (Dt. 7:2; cp. Judg. 1:29; Hos. 9:8-17)  (16:10)
  17. Borders of Manasseh  (17:1-18)
    1. Failure of Manasseh (Dt. 7:2; Judg. 1:27)  (17:12-18)
      1. Second murmuring of Israel under Joshua (Josh. 9:18)  (17:12-18)
  18. Tabernacle set up at Shiloh  (18:1-28)
    1. Survey of unpossessed land  (18:2-9)
    2. Division by lot  (18:10)
    3. Borders of Benjamin  (18:11-20)
    4. Benjamin: twenty-six cities and their villages  (18:21-28)
  19. Inheritance of Simeon: thirteen cities and their villages  (19:1-51)
    1. Inheritance of Zebulun: twelve cities and their villages  (19:10-16)
    2. Inheritance of Issachar: sixteen cities and their villages  (19:17-23)
    3. Inheritance of Asher: twenty-two cities and their villages  (19:24-31)
    4. Inheritance of Naphtali: nineteen cities and their villages  (19:32-39)
    5. Inheritance of Dan: eighteen cities and their villages  (19:40-48)
    6. Joshua's inheritance  (19:49-51)
  20. Six cities of refuge (Num. 35:9, refs.)  (20:1-21:45)
    1. Levi's inheritance  (21:1-3)
      1. A. Request of the Levites  (21:1-3)
    2. B. Kohathites: twenty-three cities  (21:4-5)
    3. C. Gershonites: thirteen cities  (21:6)
    4. D. Merarites: twelve cities  (21:7-8)
    5. E. Detail: Kohath's portion in Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin-thirteen cities (Josh. 21:4)  (21:9-19)
    6. F. Detail: Kohath's portion in Ephraim, Dan, and Manasseh-ten cities (Josh. 21:5)  (21:20-26)
    7. G. Detail: Gershon's portion in Manasseh, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali-thirteen cities (Josh. 21:6)  (21:27-33)
    8. H. Detail: Merari's portion in Zebulun, Reuben, and Gad-twelve cities (Josh. 21:7)  (21:34-40)
    9. Summary: Levi's portion in all Israel-forty-eight cities  (21:41-45)
  21. First civil strife in Israel (2 Ki. 25:25, refs.)  (22:1-34)
    1. Army demobilized  (22:1-8)
    2. Schismatic altar of the 2/ tribes east of Jordan  (22:9-10)
    3. Civil war proposed by 9/ tribes west of Jordan  (22:11-12)
    4. Eleven princes sent to stop the supposed rebellion  (22:13-15)
    5. Indictment of the 2/ tribes  (22:16-20)
    6. Explanation about the altar  (22:21-29)
    7. Civil war averted  (22:30-34)
  22. Last counsels of Joshua (Josh. 23-24; cp. Dt. 32-33)  (23:1-24:33)
    1. Joshua the prophet addresses Israel  (23:1-24:1)
      1. Place of assembling Israel  (24:1)
    2. Second address of Joshua the prophet to Israel (cp. Josh. 23)  (24:2-20)
    3. Fourteenth or Joshuaic Covenant (see, p. 83)  (24:21-25)
    4. Joshuaic Covenant written and witnessed by a monument  (24:26-28)
    5. Death and burial of Joshua  (24:29-30)
    6. Temporary obedience of Israel (Judg. 2:7-13)  (24:31)
    7. Burial of Joseph's bones (Gen. 50:25; Ex. 13:19; Heb. 11:22)  (24:32)
    8. Death of Eleazar: Phinehas the third high priest  (24:33)

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