Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

Invasion of Canaan -- Joshua

Peter Combes – October 15, 2000

 

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.    God promised Joshua all the land as far as the river:

    a.    Jordan

    b.    Nile

    c.    Kishon

    d.    Euphrates

 

2.    When the people crossed the Jordan, the river:

    a.    overflowed

    b.    dried up

    c.    was diverted

    d.    divided

 

3.    Joshua met a man who described himself as:

    a.    a prophet of the Lord

    b.    the commander of God's army

    c.    high king of Salem

    d.    the Son of Man

 

 

4.    The Israelites killed everybody in Jericho, except:

    a.    The high priest

    b.    The king

    c.    A prostitute

    d.    The women and children

 

5.   After the battle of Ai, Achan of Judah was executed for:

    a.    killing a child

    b.    bowing before a pagan god

    c.    Looting

    d.    mutiny

 

6. Joshua built an altar on Mount:

    a.    Zion

    b.    Gezirim

    c.    Sinai

    d.    Ebal

 

7.       When Joshua told the sun to stand still:

    a.    He was condemned for blasphemy

    b.    Nothing happened

    c.    There was a swarm of locusts

    d.    The sun stood still for three hours

 

8.        The only tribe that received no inheritance was:

    a.    Benjamin

    b.    Reuben

    c.    Levi

    d.    Dan

 

9.    The end of chapter 15 indicates that the book of Joshua was written before the time of:

    a.    King David

    b.    King Solomon

    c.    King Ahab

    d.    Samson

 

10.  Kedesh, Shechem, Kiriatharba, Bezer, and Golan were:

    a.    Sanctuary towns

    b.    Cities totally destroyed by Joshua's forces

    c.    Tribal capitals

    d.    Hill shrines  

 

Bonus.    The number of people who left Egypt with Moses and entered Canaan:

    a.    20,000

    b.    200

    c.    2

    d.    none