Wednesday Night Study Sheet--Joshua 22

Main idea: Unity of the two and one-half tribes east of the Jordan River with the ones west of the river.

Summary: This chapter is a story about a mis-understanding between the two and a half-tribes on the east side of the Jordan River and the nine-and half tribes on the West. Reuben, Gad, and Manaeseh built a monument which the other tribes thought was going to be a rival altar. It wasn't built at the place where all twelve tribes were supposed to meet as a united nation to offer sacrifices to God. The tribes on the west side of the river feared that God would punish all twelve tribes just because two and half had transgressed His command. All of them eventually came together on a field which could have been a field of battle, but which ended up becoming a field of peace, as they talked it all out together.

 

Study questions:

1. Why were the Isrealites afraid to build a second altar?

a. They didn't know how.

b. They were afraid of what God might do to them.

c. They wanted only one.

d. They thought God would strike them dead.

2. Which nation was against building the monument?

a. Manesseh

b. Rueben

c. Gad

d. Israel

3. Who was the son of Zerwa, the one that was referred to in this chapter?

a. Reuben

b. Achan

c. Phinehas

d. Eleazer

4. In Joshua 22, what groups of people were called and recognized for obeying what Moses and Joshua said for them to do?

a. Hebron, Shechem, Gad

b. Manasseh, Gad, Reuben

c. Eglon, Lachish, Gad

d. Moab, Manesseh, Eglon

5. Why were the two-and a half-tribes in conflict with the nine and a half tribes?

a. They owed them money.

b. They thought their sacrifices would be more acceptable to God then their own.

c. There was a misunderstanding about what the altar was going to be for, and the nine-and a half tribes feared God's wrath over the building of an un-authorized altar.

d. They didn't like the way the new altar was built.

 

 

 

 

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