Joshua 21:1-45 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Memory Verse: Joshua 21:45
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Introduction
Outline

MAPS OF CANAAN CONQUESTS
TIMELINE FROM MOSES TO DAVID
THE DIVISION OF THE PROMISED LAND
A MAP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
ISRAEL'S HISTORY
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE

I. The Request (21:1-8)

1. What did the Levites do? (1) What did they ask? (2) What did Israel agree to do? (3)

2. Who received the first lot and where were they assigned? (4-5) Who received the second lot and where were they assigned? (6) Who received the third lot and where were they assigned? (7-8)

3. How does this foreshadow when Jesus comes again? (1 Peter 2:9-10; Luke 19:11-27)

II. Within Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin (21:9-19)

4. What cities were the Kohathite clan given in Judah and Simeon? (9-16) What cities were the Levites given in Judah and Simeon? (17-16)

III. Within Ephraim, Dan, and Manasseh (21:20-33)

5. What cities were the Kohathite clan given in Ephraim, Dan, and Manasseh? (21-26)

6. What cities were the Gershonites clan given in Manasseh, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali? (27-33)

IV. Within the Rest (21:34-42)

7. What cities were the Merarite clan given in Zebulun, Reuben, and Gad? (34-40)

8. Where the Levites allowed to keep flocks? (41-42)

V. The Lord Gave Them Rest (21:43-45)

9. What had the Lord done for Israel and why? (43) Did anyone oppose them after they settled in the land? (44)

10. How can we see the Lord's faithfulness? (45) How should this encourage us?