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Dig Site Eleven “Joshua Says Farewell” Truth for This Week: God calls His people to remain faithful to Him always.

Faith Words: Fear To have deep respect and reverence for God, with a strong desire not to offend Him

God’s Characteristics God deserves respect, love, and worship. God wants people to choose to follow Him.

Memory Verse: “Now fear the Lord and serve Him with all faithfulness.” Joshua 24:14a

Recap, Dig Site 10: 1.God established six cities of refuge for the protection of people who unintentionally killed someone. 2.As the Lord commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites towns and pasturelands of their own.

Recap, Dig Site 10: 3.God had now fulfilled His promise to give the Israelites the land of Canaan. 4.The tribes whose land was east of the Jordan returned to their homes.

Dig Site Eleven “Joshua Says Farewell” Truth for This Week: God calls His people to remain faithful to Him always.

Joshua 23 After a long time had passed and the L ORD had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man, 2 summoned all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials—and said to them: “I am very old.

3 You yourselves have seen everything the L ORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the L ORD your God who fought for you.

4 Remember how I have allotted as an inheritance for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

5 The L ORD your God himself will push them out for your sake. He will drive them out before you, and you will take possession of their land, as the L ORD your God promised you.

6 “Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left.

7 Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear by them. You must not serve them or bow down to them.

8 But you are to hold fast to the L ORD your God, as you have until now.

Who gave Israel rest from all their enemies? (23:1) 1.Joshua 2.Moses 3.The Lord

Who gave Israel rest from all their enemies? (23:1) The Lord (Answer #3)

When did Joshua summon “all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials”? (23:1-2) 1.When he was old 2.After the Israelites defeated the Egyptians 3.Before his first son was born

When did Joshua summon “all Israel—their elders, leaders, judges and officials”? (23:1-2) When he was old (Answer #1)

Who fought for the Israelites? (23:3) 1.The Israelites’ women and children 2.The Lord their God 3.The Egyptians

Who fought for the Israelites? (23:3) The Lord their God (Answer #2)

What did Joshua allot as an inheritance for all the Israelites’ tribes? (23:4) 1.All the land of the nations that remained 2.All the nations Joshua conquered 3.Both answers are correct.

What did Joshua allot as an inheritance for all the Israelites’ tribes? (23:4) Both answers are correct. (Answer #3)

What warning did Joshua give to the people? (23:6) 1.“Be very strong.” 2.“Obey all that is written in the Book of the Law.” 3.Both answers are correct.

What warning did Joshua give to the people? (23:6) Both answers are correct. (Answer #3)

Who were the Israelites told not to serve? (23:7) 1.The Egyptians 2.The gods of the nations that remained among them 3.Joshua

Who were the Israelites told not to serve? (23:7) The gods of the nations that remained among them (Answer #2)

9 “The L ORD has driven out before you great and powerful nations; to this day no one has been able to withstand you.

10 One of you routs a thousand, because the L ORD your God fights for you, just as he promised.

11 So be very careful to love the L ORD your God.

12 “But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

13 then you may be sure that the L ORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the L ORD your God has given you.

14 “Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the L ORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.

15 But just as all the good things the L ORD your God has promised you have come to you, so he will bring on you all the evil things he has threatened, until the L ORD your God has destroyed you from this good land he has given you.

16 If you violate the covenant of the L ORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the L ORD ’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.”

Who were the Israelites told to be careful to love? (23:11) 1.The Lord their God 2.The Egyptians 3.Each other

Who were the Israelites told to be careful to love? (23:11) The Lord their God (Answer #1)

What would happen to the Israelites if they allied themselves with other nations? (23:12-13) 1.The Lord would no longer drive out these nations. 2.The nations would become snares and traps. 3.Both answers are correct.

What would happen to the Israelites if they allied themselves with other nations? (23:12-13) Both answers are correct (Answer #3)

What would happen if the Israelites served other gods? (23:16) 1.The Lord’s anger would burn against them. 2.They would quickly perish. 3.Both answers are correct.

What would happen if the Israelites served other gods? (23:16) Both answers are correct (Answer #3)

Joshua “Now fear the L ORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the L ORD.

15 But if serving the L ORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the L ORD.”

16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the L ORD to serve other gods!

17 It was the L ORD our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.

18 And the L ORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the L ORD, because he is our God.”

What were the Israelites supposed to throw away? (24:14) 1.The jars and jugs they did not use 2.The gods their ancestors worshipped 3.Any extra clothing they did not use

What were the Israelites supposed to throw away? (24:14) The gods their ancestors worshipped (Answer #2)

What were the Israelites to do if they did not want to serve the Lord? (24:15) 1.Move to another part of the region 2.Choose who they would serve 3.Both answers are correct.

What were the Israelites to do if they did not want to serve the Lord? (24:15) Choose who they would serve (Answer #2)

Who said, “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord”? (24:15) 1.Moses 2.The priests 3.Joshua

Who said, “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord”? (24:15) Joshua (Answer #3)

What did the people say when Joshua asked them to choose whom they would serve? (24:16) 1.“We choose to serve other gods.” 2.“Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods!” 3.Both answers are correct.

What did the people say when Joshua asked them to choose whom they would serve? (24:16) “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods!” (Answer #2)

19 Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the L ORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. 20 If you forsake the L ORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you.”

21 But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the L ORD.”

22 Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the L ORD.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied.

23 “Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the L ORD, the God of Israel.”

24 And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the L ORD our God and obey him.”

Who said, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey Him”? (24:24) 1.The Israelites 2.The Canaanites 3.The Jebusites

Who said, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey Him”? (24:24) The Israelites (Answer #1)

25 On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws. 26 And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God.

Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the L ORD.

27 “See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the L ORD has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”

What did Joshua do when he made a covenant for the people? (24:25-27) 1.He wrote in the Book of the Law. 2.He set up a large stone as a witness to the covenant. 3.Both answers are correct.

What did Joshua do when he made a covenant for the people? (24:25-27) Both answers are correct. (Answer #3)

28 Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.

29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the L ORD, died at the age of a hundred and ten.

30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

31 Israel served the L ORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the L ORD had done for Israel.

32 And Joseph’s bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

EGYPT SHECHEM

How old was Joshua when he died? (24:29) years old years old 3.90 years old

How old was Joshua when he died? (24:29) 110 years old (Answer #2)

How long did the Israelites serve the Lord? (24:31) 1.Throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the elders who outlived Joshua 2.For the next five generations 3.Both answers are correct.

How long did the Israelites serve the Lord? (24:31) Throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the elders who outlived Joshua (Answer #1)

Finish this verse: “Now fear the Lord and…” (Joshua 24:14a) 1.“…love Him with all your heart.” 2.“…serve Him with all faithfulness.” 3.“…obey all His rules.”

Finish this verse: “Now fear the Lord and…” (Joshua 24:14a) “…serve Him with all faithfulness.” (Answer #2)