The Bible Study Reading PlanSample

JOSHUA

AUTHOR: 

The author of this book is Joshua, Moses's military general and assistant. Just as we saw at the end of Deuteronomy, someone else had to have concluded the book by adding to the passage about Joshua's death.

DATE:

Joshua wrote this book right around 1390 BC, just before his death.

AUDIENCE:
The audience of Joshua was the third generation Israelites, whose parents had conquered the Promised Land.

REASON:

The reason that Joshua wrote this book was to have an account of how the Israelites conquered the Promised Land, to record the land allotments, and to show God's faithfulness to His covenant with them.

THEME:
Possession of the Promised Land.

KEY VERSE:

"So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war." (11:23 ESV)

SPLIT:

The Conquest (1-12), Land Allotments (13-21), Farewell of Joshua (22-24)

KEY WORDS:
Possession, Inheritance, Land, Covenant