www.biblestudyworkshop.org 1 Questions on Joshua 21-24 The Levitical cities, Israel possesses the land, The east Jordan tribes sent home, Their altar, The dispute and reconciliation, Joshua addresses and threatens Israel, The assembly at Shechem, Joshua s dying exhortation, His death and burial. COMPLETION 1. In the blanks beside the tribe, place the number of cities that tribe gave to the Levites: Benjamin, Ephraim, Half of Manasseh, Issachar, Naphtali, Gad. 2.... The Lord gave unto Israel all the which he swore to give unto their ; and they it, and dwelt therein. The Lord gave them round about, according to all that he sware unto their and there stood not a of all their before them. 3.... take diligent heed to do the and the, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to the Lord your God, and to in all his, and to keep his, and to unto him, and to him with all your and with all your. 4. What did the other tribes do when they saw the great altar Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh had built?
www.biblestudyworkshop.org 2 5., the son of Eleazar, was sent into the land of with princes. 6. What did Israel west of Jordan think their brethren were doing when they built this huge altar? 7. Give Reuben s, Gad s and Manasseh s reason for having built this altar. 8. Know for a certainly that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these from before you; but they shall be and unto you, and in your sides, and in your eyes, until ye from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 9.... this day I am going the way of all the : and ye know in all your and in all your, that not one thing hath of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are to unto you, and hath thereof. 10. the son of, King of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called the son of to curse you.
www.biblestudyworkshop.org 3 11.... the Lord and him in and in : and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the, and in ; and serve ye the Lord. 12.... if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, : whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house,. 13. I have given you a for which ye did not, and which ye did not, and ye dwell in them; of the and which ye planted not do ye eat. 14. Joshua was buried in the border of his inheritance in, which is in Mount, on the north side of the hill of. The bones of Joseph were buried in in a parcel of ground bought of the sons of the father of for pieces of silver. Eleazer was buried in a that pertained to his son. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. From the possessions of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin the Levites received: a) nine, b) eleven, c) thirteen cities.
www.biblestudyworkshop.org 4 2. The rest of the Kohathites received of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh: a) ten, b) twelve, c) fourteen cities. 3. Gershon received from Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and half of Manasseh in Bashan: a) eleven, b) thirteen, c) fifteen cities. 4. Merari had from Reuben, Gad and Zebulun: a) twelve, b) six, c) nine cities. 5. The total number of cities received by the families of the Levites was: a) forty-five, b) forty, c) forty-eight. 6. Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh built a very great altar at: a) Shiloh, b) borders of Jordan, c) Bezer. 7. The iniquity of: a) Achan, b) Peor, c) Zerah was still being punished in Israel by a plague. 8. The altar built by the Israelites (Reuben, Gad, Manasseh) was called: a) Ed, b) Bill, c) Jerry because it was to be a witness between them and God. 9. Joshua s farewell address was delivered from: a) Shiloh, b) Gilead, c) Shechem. 10. Abraham and Nahor were: a) nephews, b) cousins, c) brothers. 11. Abraham s father was: a ) Zerah, b) Terah, c) Bezar. 12. Edau was given: a) Mt. Seir, b) Mt. Carmel, c) Mt. Ebal as his possession.
www.biblestudyworkshop.org 5 13. When Israel cried unto God as they crossed the Red Sea, Jehovah put: a) smoke, b) darkness, c) clouds between them and the Egyptians. 14. The battle first mentioned in Joshua s speech was with the: a) Ammonites, b) Moabites, c) Amorites. 15. Joshua died at the age of: a) one hundred ten, b) ninety-five, c) one hundred. TRUE OR FALSE 1. The Levites received the fields of Hebron with the villages thereof. 2. Nine cities were given to the Kohathites from Judah and Simeon. 3. Kedesh in Galilee was to be a city of refuge for the slayer. 4. Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh were sent home because they forsook their brethren and kept not God s commandment. 5. Manasseh was to divide the spoil of their enemies with their brethren. 6. The building of the altar by Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, when the reason for the building of it was known, pleased their brethren. 7. By the time Israel had rest from their enemies, Joshua was stricken in age and waxed old. 8. Israel was not to even make mention of the names of heathen gods.
www.biblestudyworkshop.org 6 9. Marriages between Israelites and heathens were encouraged because the heathens might become proselytes (converts). 10. If Israel served idols or false gods, they would perish from off the good land God gave them. 11. Joshua said that Israel became witnesses against themselves in that they said they would serve God. 12. At the time of Joshua s death there were false gods among Israel that had to be put away. 13. Joshua, the son of Nun, wrote the biblical book of Joshua.