Joshua Bible Commentary

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

Joshua 1

3 minutes
Preparations for the conquest of Canaan

Joshua 2

5 minutes
Spies sent to Jericho and hidden by Rahab

Joshua 3

2 minutes
Israel crosses the Jordan

Joshua 4:1-5:1

1 minute
Stones to memorialize the crossing

Joshua 5:2-15

3 minutes
Second generation circumcised and Passover kept at Gilgal

Joshua 6

5 minutes
The fall of Jericho

Joshua 7

2 minutes
Defeat at Ai because of the sin of Achan

Joshua 8

2 minutes
Fall of Ai, law inscribed on stone walls, renewal of the covenant relationship between God and Israel

Joshua 9

2 minutes
Treaty with the Gibeonites

Joshua 10

3 minutes
The defeat of the Amorites during Joshua's "long day"

Joshua 11

2 minutes
Northern conquest of Joshua and the Israelites

Joshua 12

2 minutes
The kings defeated by Moses and Joshua

Joshua 13

1 minute
The unconquered land and eastern inheritances

Joshua 14

1 minute
Caleb asks for his inheritance

Joshua 15

1 minute
Judah receives its inheritance, Caleb conquers Hebron

Joshua 16-17

2 minutes
Territory of Ephraim and Manasseh

Joshua 18

2 minutes
Benjamin's territory

Joshua 19

2 minutes
Territory of the rest of the tribes

Joshua 20-21

2 minutes
Cities of Refuge, Levitical cities

Joshua 22

2 minutes
The altar by the Jordan

Joshua 23

2 minutes
Joshua's charge to the people

Joshua 24

4 minutes
Joshua's farewell address