Yehoshua (Perek 1&2)

Yehoshua (Perek 1&2)

Multiple Choice

Who was told: "Every place upon which the sole of your foot will tread I have given to you"?

• Moshe

• Yehoshua

• Bnei Yisrael

• Reuven, Gad and half of Menashe

Yehoshua (1,3)

Sefer Yehoshua begins with Hashem encouraging Yehoshua as the new leader, explaining to him how "No man will stand up to you all the days of your life" and "Be strong and courageous"

Multiple Choice

In how many more days does Yehoshua tell the people that they will cross the Yarden?

• 1 day

• 7 days

• 3 days

• 10 days

Yehoshua (1,10)

Yehoshua sends marshals to circulate around the people and say "Prepare provisions for yourselves, because in another 3 days you will be crossing the Yarden to come to take possesion of the land that Hashem, your G-d is giving to you to inherit" (1,11)

Multiple Choice

The 2 and a half tribes are told to assist Bnei Yisrael in the battle, but then may return to their inheritence on the other side of the Yarden; "You will return to your inheritence and possess it - that which Moshe, servant of Hashem, gave you accross the Yarden, toward the rising sun" (1,15)

Who are the 2 and a half tribes who dwelt on the other side of the Yarden?

• Reuven, Yehudah and half of Yissacher

• Shimon, Gad and half of Ephraim

• Asher, Zevulun and half of Menashe

• Reuven, Gad and half of Menashe

Yehoshua (1,12)

Before Reuven, Gad and half of Menashe cross the Yarden to assist Bnei Yisrael with the battle to posses Eretz Yisrael, they are given a similar speech from Yehoshua, telling them to remember Hashem and be "strong and courageous" (1,18)

Multiple Choice

After Yehoshua delivers this announcement to Reuven, Gad and half of Menashe, they say;

"As fully as we heeded Moshe we shall heed you, provided that Hashem, your G-d is with you as He was with Moshe!

Any man who will rebel against your utterenve or will not listen to your words, in whatever you may command him, will..." (1,17)

What do the 2 and a half tribes say will happen to anyone who disobeys Yehoshua?

• They will be issolated from the camp

• They won't be allowed to cross the Yarden

• They will be put to death

• They won't have an inheritance in Eretz Yisrael

Yehoshua (1,18)

In this way Yehoshua is affirmed loyalty

Perek 2 (beis):

Multiple Choice

Before crossing the Yarden to begin conquering Yericho, Yehoshua sends two spies to "observe the land of Yericho" (The first land they will be conquering, explained in perek 6).

From where does Yehoshua send the spies?

• Levanon

• Shittim

• Rachav's house

• The Euphrates river

Yehoshua (2,1)

The 2 spies are sent from Shittim to an inkeepers house.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the innkeeper which the 2 spies hid in her house?

• Serach

• Chuldah

• Tziporah

• Rachav

Yehoshua (2,1)

Rachav hides the spies in her house.

Yehoshua (2,3)

Rachav replies to this demand by saying;

"It is true; the men did come to me, but I do not know from where they are... Pursue them quickly, for you can overtake them!"

Multiple Choice

Rachav then hides the spies on her roof.

Among what does she hide them?

• Barley

• Wheat

• Stalks of flax

• Oats

Yehoshua (2,6)

After her encounter with the king of Yericho, she speaks with the spies.

Multiple Select

Rachav goes to her roof after her encounter with the king of Yericho, and explains to the spies how "all the inhabitants of the land have melted because of you" (2,9) and that "We heard and our hearts melted" (2,11).

She mentions 2 historic events that brought the people of Yericho to this fear.

What are they?

• The battle of Sichon and Og

• The giving of the Torah

• The splitting of the sea

• The 10 plauges of Egypt

Yehoshua (2,10)

Multiple Choice

After this, Rachav asks for a "trustworthy countersign" to which the spies promise "Our souls will die instead of yours"; saying that they will protect her when they conquer the land of Yericho.

She then allows them out through the window; using what?

• A red thread

• A rope

• A ladder

• A slide

Yehoshua (2,15)

Multiple Choice

Rachav then instructs the spies to hide in the mountains. For how long should they do this?

• 3 days

• 7 days

• Until nightfall

• 10 days

Yehoshua (2,16)

Multiple Choice

How will the spies recognize which house belongs to Rahav when they conquor the city of Yericho?

• She puts blood on her doorpost

• She hangs a scarlet thread by her window

• She paints her house red

• She buries a piece of thread by her door

Yehoshua (2,18)

The spies then return to Yehoshua and tell him "Hashem has given the land into our hands; and all the inhabitants of the land have even melted because of us" (2,24)

Poll

How confident am I feeling about the first 2 perakim of Yehoshua?

• This definitely needs to be reviewed, I don't really understand the story line

• Some questions were tough, but I understood as soon as I saw the explanation slide

• Smashed it! Bring on perek 3 & 4!!!

• I LOVE TORAH!!!