joshua outline

1. Entering the Promised Land (1:1-5:15)

a. Joshua Takes Charge (1:1-18)

b. Rahab and the Spies (2:1-24)

c. The Crossing of the Jordan (3:1-4:24)

d. The Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal (5:1-12)

e. The Commander of the LORD’s Army (5:13-15)

2. The Conquest of the Promised Land (6:1-12:24)

a. The Initial Battles (6:1-8:35)

i. The Battle of Jericho (6:1-27)

ii. The Battle of Ai (7:1-8:29)

1. The Defeat at Ai (7:1-15)

2. The Sin of Achan (7:16-26)

3. The Conquest of Ai (8:1-29)

iii. Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim (8:30-35)

b. The Conquest of the South (9:1-10:43)

i. The Gibeonites (9:1-27)

ii. The Battle of Beth-horon (10:1-28)

1. The Five Kings Assemble Against Joshua (10:1-5)

2. The Day the Sun Stood Still (10:6-15)

3. The Victory at Makkedah (10:16-28)

iii. Conquest of the Southern Cities (10:29-43)

c. Conquest of the Northern Cities (11:1-15)

d. Joshua Takes the Whole Land (11:16-23)

e. The Defeated Kings (12:1-24)

i. The Kings East of the Jordan (12:1-6)

ii. The Kings West of the Jordan (12:7-24)

3. The Distribution of the Promised Land (13:1-21:45)

a. Lands Yet Unconquered (13:1-7)

b. The Inheritance East of the Jordan (13:8-33)

i. Lands East of the Jordan (13:8-14)

ii. Reuben’s Inheritance (13:15-23)

iii. Gad’s Inheritance (13:24-28)

iv. Manasseh’s Eastern Inheritance (13:29-33)

c. The Inheritance West of the Jordan (14:1-19:51)

i. Introduction (14:1-5)

ii. Caleb Requests Hebron (14:6-15)

iii. Judah’s Inheritance (15:1-63)

1. The Land (15:1-12)

2. Caleb’s Portion and Conquest (15:13-19)

3. The Cities of Judah (15:20-63)

iv. Joseph’s Sons’ Inheritance (16:1-17:18)

1. Ephraim’s Inheritance (16:1-10)

2. Manasseh’s Western Inheritance (17:1-18)

v. The Rest of the Tribes Receive Their Inheritance (18:1-19:48)

1. Distribution from Shiloh (18:1-10)

2. Benjamin’s Inheritance (18:11-28)

3. Simeon’s Inheritance (19:1-9)

4. Zebulun’s Inheritance (19:10-16)

5. Issachar’s Inheritance (19:17-23)

6. Asher’s Inheritance (19:24-31)

7. Naphtali’s Inheritance (19:32-39)

8. Dan’s Inheritance (19:40-48)

vi. Joshua’s Inheritance (19:49-51)

d. The Levite’s Inheritance (20:1—21:45)

i. The Six Cities of Refuge (20:1-9)

ii. The Forty-Eight Cities of the Levites (21:1-45)

4. Epilogue: Settling in the Land (22:1—24:33)

a. The Eastern Tribes Return Home (22:1-8)

b. The Altar of Witness (22:9-33)

c. Joshua's Charge to Leaders (23:1-16)

d. The Covenant at Shechem (24:1-28)

e. The Death and Burial of Joshua (24:29-33)