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Reader: Jeff.
Teacher: Daniel Agee.
Thought Questions
- Was the altar the tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manesseh erected ever used?
- Why did they build it?
- Why were they concerned about being left out of the people of Israel?
- Where these tribes "selfish" by wanting the land east of the Jordan? (Josh. 22:2)
- How long were these 2.5 tribes gone?
- How many of the fighting men were sent to fight for the other tribes?
- What instructions did Yehoshua give to Reuben, Gad and half-tribe of Manesseh before discharging them from the army? (Josh. 22:5)
- Did they get rest?
- How well did Yehoshua fulfill his instructions from Deut. 10 in obeying the Law?
- Where did Reuben, Gad and half-tribe build their "replica" altar according to Joshua 22:11?
- Why did it bother the other 9.5 tribes?
- What did High Priest Phineas think would happen because of the altar?
- How does uncleaness factor into this worry? (Josh.22:19)
- Which side of the Yarden River was blessed by God?
- Did the other tribes have altars in their territories?
- If so, what was so offensive about the one on the East side of the Yarden?
- What example did Yehoshua give the 2 1/2 tribes about how to commemorate important places and events?
- What happened with Aachan at Ba’al Peor (Numb. 25:1-9)?
- How did the punishment of the many for hte foibles of the few affect Phineas?
- What did he mean by saying that the sin of Peor not being cleansed yet?
- Didn’t Phineas stop the plague, bringing atonement?
- What more cleansing was needed? (see. Lev. 16)
- Why did Phineas go to meet the 2.5 tribes instead of Yehoshua?
- What lessons have been learned in the book of Yehoshua?
- Yehoshua was strong and courageous in conquering and dividing the land and in following Torah.
- Rahab’s faith in a foreign God saved herself and her family. Our faith in spite of being "unclean."
- Circumcision personally marks God on our lives as permanently belonging to God.
- The conquest of Yerikho (Jericho) taught that God fights for you in seemingly overwhelming odds if we obey Him. If God does your fighting in your spiritual life, it’s no longer your fight. God will fight our first battle, then He expects us to pick up the "sword" He gives us.
- The Commander of the LORD’s Army emphasized that the Promised Land was the LORD’s not ours. God brings us to where we are today, so we aren’t ours. Permission to accept worship and talk to Him.