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Joshua 12 · Grade 5

A Record of Faithfulness

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Read and Think

Joshua 12 pauses the narrative to summarize the conquest. Lists like this were how ancient peoples recorded history, and in Scripture they serve as testimony. The chapter unites two leaders and two regions: what Moses accomplished east of the Jordan and what Joshua accomplished west of it.

Verses 1 through 6 recall the east: from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah eastward. Sihon king of the Amorites in Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, were defeated. Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Verses 7 through 24 list the kings west of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak. The repeated word one gives each victory weight: the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one. The chapter closes with the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one. Behind every name stands the same promise God made in chapter 1.

Show What You Know

  1. What two leaders and regions does the chapter unite?

  2. Which verses recall the land east of the Jordan?

  3. What city was beside Ai?

  4. What does the repeated word one do?

  5. What stands behind every name in the list?

Crossword

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Across

  1. the king of ____, one
  2. He gave land east of the Jordan.
  3. King of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon.

Down

  1. all the ____ thirty-one
  2. from the valley of the Arnon to Mount ____

Think About It

  1. How can reading a list in the Bible still build your faith?

  2. God kept His promise one city at a time. How has God been faithful to you step by step?

Memory Verse

“Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them. Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

Joshua 12:6 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for keeping Your word. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you remember the times God helped you?
  • How is a list like this a kind of testimony?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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