Beyond Today Bible Commentary: Joshua

Jewish tradition attributes authorship of this book to Joshua, whose name it bears—a view accepted almost universally by Bible commentators. Later editors evidently made a few additions, such as the description of Joshua's death.

Table of Contents

3 minutes
Preparations for the conquest of Canaan
5 minutes
Spies sent to Jericho and hidden by Rahab
2 minutes
Israel crosses the Jordan
1 minute
Stones to memorialize the crossing
3 minutes
Second generation circumcised and Passover kept at Gilgal
5 minutes
The fall of Jericho
2 minutes
Defeat at Ai because of the sin of Achan
2 minutes
Fall of Ai, law inscribed on stone walls, renewal of the covenant relationship between God and Israel
2 minutes
Treaty with the Gibeonites
3 minutes
The defeat of the Amorites during Joshua's "long day"
2 minutes
Northern conquest of Joshua and the Israelites
2 minutes
The kings defeated by Moses and Joshua
1 minute
The unconquered land and eastern inheritances
1 minute
Caleb asks for his inheritance
1 minute
Judah receives its inheritance, Caleb conquers Hebron
2 minutes
Territory of Ephraim and Manasseh
2 minutes
Benjamin's territory
2 minutes
Territory of the rest of the tribes
2 minutes
Cities of Refuge, Levitical cities
2 minutes
The altar by the Jordan
2 minutes
Joshua's charge to the people
4 minutes
Joshua's farewell address