Why were the entrances and exits to Jericho shut?
Who and what did the Lord tell Joshua He had given him?
What was Joshua supposed to do? For how many days?
What were the priests supposed to carry?
What three things were supposed to be done on the seventh day of the march? What would be the result?
What did Joshua tell the priests to carry?
What did Joshua tell the people to do? Who was to advance before the ark?
What was the order of people in the procession?
What were the people not allowed to do up until the time they were instructed to shout?
How many days did the solemn procession continue?
On the seventh day of marching, what did they do? Who gave them the city?
What was the one family that was to be spared? Why?
What were the people,to abstain from taking? Why?
What were they allowed to take, but to consecrate to the Lord? Where was it to go?
What happened to the walls when the people shouted?
Who did they destroy with the sword?
What were they supposed to do with Rahab and her family?
What happened to the rest of the city?
Where was Rahab living at the time when this account was written?
What was to happen to the place where Jericho was? What was the curse?

Thought Questions

In verse 2, did the Lord say that He was going to give Joshua the city and its king? Had it happened yet? Why did He use past tense?
What caused the walls of Jericho to fall? Was it the sound of the trumpets, the shouting, or something else?
What was the significance of carrying the ark of the Covenant into battle? How was it misused at other times? (See 1 Samuel 4) How do we treat the holy things of God—and for what reason?
Would you be able to be quiet for a time if God told you to?
Did Joshua and the Israelite army follow God’s directions exactly? (verses 3-5 and verses 6-16) What was the result? Can you think of other Bible stories where God gave very specific instructions and the people did not follow them? What was the result? Can you conclude that it’s worth it to follow God’s instructions exactly? Even if they seem rather strange?
What are some “accursed things” that surround you (verse 18)? Do you abstain from them?
Are the best things in your life consecrated to the Lord? What, from your treasures, have you put into the Lord’s treasury?
Why do you think they needed to utterly destroy all that was in the city (except Rahab and her family)?
Was the account of this story originally written a long time after it happened, or fairly soon after? How can you tell from verse 25?
What happened to Jericho? Was God’s curse fulfilled? See 1 Kings 16:34.
What is the central lesson of the unusual story of Jericho to you?

My prayer is:
To believe that the Lord has already fulfilled His promises to me according to His ways;
That I would learn to fully trust His designs and follow His instructions exactly, however strange they may appear to me;
And that I would abstain from, and fully destroy, all of the “accursed things” in my life but give of my best treasures to the Lord’s treasury.