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Joshua: Conquest

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Joshua (Joshua 1-5)
    23 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    The Central Campaign (Joshua 6–10:28)
    16 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Southern and Northern Campaigns (Joshua 10:29–12:24)
    23 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Allotments (Joshua 13–21)
    19 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Covenant Renewal (Joshua 22–24)
    14 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
    |
    1 Assessment
Lesson 2, Activity 5

In | Workbook: The Trumpets in Jericho

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

The blowing of trumpets is one of the most memorable aspects of the assault on Jericho. God commanded the use of trumpets once the gates of Jericho were barred:

Read Joshua 6:2-5

  1. This scene in Joshua may be the first place in the Bible where we notice the significance of trumpets, but we’ve heard of them before. Can you recall where?

Read Numbers 10:1-10

We read of trumpets in the book of Numbers—the manufacture of these very same trumpets used at the fall of Jericho.

  1. Observe as many details in the Numbers passage as you can that have a connection with the story of Jericho in Joshua 6. Record your observations below.
Reading

Already in the time of Moses, God was preparing the Israelites for the conquest of Jericho. He was equipping them with tools and symbols of victory for a future they could not possibly have anticipated.