Generally, the Old Testament book of Joshua may be broken into three main sections:
- The Book of War: Taking the Land – Chapters 1-12
- Book of Distribution: Allotting the Land – Chapters 13-21
- Book of Consecration: Staying in the Land – Chapters 22-24
The Book of War: Taking the Land Joshua 1-12
- Preparation for War (Joshua 1-5)
- Charge to War (Joshua 1)
- Evidence of Canaan’s Spiritual Weakness (Joshua 2)
- Crossing the Jordan (Joshua 3-4); assurance of the Lord’s presence and of Joshua’s leadership
- Final spiritual Preparation (Joshua 5)
- Circumcision
- Passover
- Manna ceases
- Revelation of the Lord of Hosts
- Campaigns of War (Joshua 6-11)
- Central (Joshua 6-9)
- Southern (Joshua 10)
- Northern (Joshua 11)
- Summary of War (Joshua 12)
Book of Distribution: Allotting the Land (Joshua 13-21)
- Doctrine that much land remains (Joshua 13:1-7)
- Trans-Jordan assigned by Moses (Joshua 13:8-32)
- Territory assigned to Judah and Joseph at Gilgal (Joshua 14-17)
- Territories assigned to the rest of the Tribes at Shiloh (Joshua 18-19)
- Assignment of cities of refuge (Joshua 20)
- Assignment of cities of Levities (Joshua 21)
Book of Consecration: Staying in the Land (Joshua 22-24)
- Consecration of tribes of trans-Jordan (Joshua 20)
- Consecration of rest of tribes in Israel (Joshua 23)
- Renewal of the covenant (Joshua 24)
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