Q 01/05

Who, holding a drawn sword near Jericho, answered 'Neither' when Joshua asked whose side he was on?

A) The commander of the Lord's army

B) The angel of death

C) The captain of Jericho's guard

D) The spirit of Moses

Answer · why

A) The commander of the Lord's army

The commander of the Lord's army told Joshua to take off his sandals because the ground was holy, the order Moses had heard at the burning bush. Joshu...

Q 02/05

What event let a fugitive leave one of Joshua's cities of refuge and go home, even after the assembly had tried him?

A) The death of the high priest

B) The next Day of Atonement

C) The end of seven years

D) A pardon from the victim's family

Answer · why

A) The death of the high priest

The death of the high priest opened every city of refuge at once, a rule Numbers 35 spells out as well. Joshua set towns apart on both sides of the Jo...

Q 03/05

What job did Joshua give the Gibeonites 'for the house of my God' after their ruse was exposed?

A) Woodcutters and water carriers

B) Gatekeepers and singers

C) Shepherds and herdsmen

D) Masons and builders

Answer · why

A) Woodcutters and water carriers

Woodcutters and water carriers was a curse that still honoured the oath: the Gibeonites lived on, serving the altar 'at the place the Lord would choos...

Q 04/05

What did the Lord hurl on the Amorites fleeing Gibeon, killing more of them than Israel's swords did?

A) Large hailstones

B) Fire and sulfur

C) Lightning bolts

D) Flash floods

Answer · why

A) Large hailstones

Large hailstones fell on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, on the same day Joshua asked the sun to stand still. The text calls it the one day t...

Q 05/05

What did Joshua hold out toward Ai, not drawing back his hand until the city had fallen to the ambush?

A) A staff

B) A javelin

C) A trumpet

D) A torch

Answer · why

B) A javelin

A javelin held out until the ambush was done recalls Moses' raised hands at Rephidim, where Israel won only while his arms stayed up. The men hidden w...