I Have Delivered Jericho Into Your Hands
Questions for Study 4

Joshua 5:1-6:27
Memory Verse: 8

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I. Circumcise the Israelites (5:1-12)

1. Who did the Canaanite kings know was on Israel's side? (1) What can be learned from their response to the Lord's work on Israel's behalf? What is the proper response when we see the Lord working in another's life? (Matt. 12:13-14; Luke 13:10-14)

2. What did the Lord tell Joshua to do? (2-3) Why? (4-5) What was the purpose of circumcision? (Gen. 17:9-14) What can be said of the parents who did not circumcise their sons? (6-8) What happened when this generation obeyed? (9)

3. Considering their current situation why might it be hard to celebrate the Passover? (10) What blessing did they enjoy after keeping the Passover? (11-12)

II. The Commander of the Army of the Lord (5:13-6:5)

4. What was the first city they were going to encounter in the promised land and what kind of city was it? (13) Who did Joshua encounter when he and all Israel were on their way there? (14-15) Who do we know as the commander of the army of the Lord? (2-6; Zech. 14:3-5; Acts 1:9-12) Why might it be important for Joshua to see him now?

5. What was Jericho's situation when Israel arrived? (1) Why? (2) How did the Lord keep his word? (Ex. 23:27-30)

6. What unorthodox war command was the Lord's instruction? (3) What were the details? (4) What was this foreshadowing? (Rev. 8:2, 6)

III. The Seventh and Last Trumpet (6:6-27)

7. What did the ark represent? (6-11) Describe the procession. (12-14) What must it have been like for the people in Jericho including Rahab and her family?

8. What happened on the seventh day? (15-19) What would be the reason the Lord wanted the Israelites to shout? (20-21)

9. Who did Joshua not forget? (22-23) After she and her family was rescued what did they do? (24-25) What did this foreshadow? (Matt. 13:36-43; Rev. 14:14-16)

10. Why might Joshua proclaim the curse in verse 26 and when was it fulfilled? (26; and 1 Kings 16:34) What was the side effect of this victory? (27)