outline of Joshua

1.  Prologue:  The Promise and its Consequences (ch. 1)

2.  Entering the Land (2:1-5:12)

1. The Promise and a Canaanite Harlot (ch. 2)
2. The Promise and the Crossing of the Jordan (chs. 3; 4)
3. The Promise Remembered in the Land (5:1-12)

3.  Conquering the Land (5:13-12:24)

1. The Commander of the Lord's Army (5:13-15)
2. Perishing and Surviving Under the Promise:  Jericho and Rahab (ch. 6)
3. Presuming on the Promise:  Achan (ch. 7)
4. Promised Victory:  Ai (8:1-29)
5. The People of the Promise (8:30-35)
6. Canaanite Fear and Israelite Failure:  Gibeon's Treaty and Curse (ch. 9)
7. The Conquest of the South (ch. 10)
8. The Conquest of the North (ch. 11)
9. List of Defeated Kings and Conquered Territory (ch. 12)

4.  Receiving the Promised Land (13:1-21:45)

1. The Command to Allocate the Land (13:1-7)
2. East of the Jordan:  The Land Given to Reuben, Gad, and Half-tribe of Manasseh (13:8-33)
3. West of the Jordan (14:1-19:51)

   1.  Introduction (14:1-5)
   2.  Caleb:  Example of Faithful Obedience (14:6-15)
   3.  Judah (ch. 15)
   4.  Ephraim and Manasseh (16:1-17:18)
   5.  The Other Tribes and Joshua (18:1-19:51)
    

4. Justice in the Promised Land:  Cities of Refuge (20:1-9)
5. Cities for the Levites (21:1-42)

   1.  The Levites' Request (21:1-3)
   2.  The Allocation of Cities (21:4-8)
   3.  List of Cities (21:9-40)
        a.  Cities for the Kohathites (21:9-26)
        b.  Cities for the Gershonites (21:27-33)
        c.  Cities for the Merarites (21:34-40)
   4.  Total of Cities for the Levites (21:41, 42)
    

6. Concluding Summary (21:43-45)

5.  Epilogue:  (22:1-24:33)

1. Unity of Israel:  Its Basis and Vulnerability (ch. 22)
2. The Demands of God's Faithfulness (ch. 23)
3. Decision:  Israel's Choice at Shechem (24:1-28)
4. The End of an Era:  The Deaths of Joshua and Eleazar (24:29-33)