THE STORY OF CREATION - Cain killed Abel - ancestor of the Gentiles

Day 1: Light (Day and Night) - Cain settled in a place called Nod, East of Eden
Day 2: Sky - God put a mark on Cain so that no one would TOWER OF BABEL
Day 3: Dry ground & plants harm him - tower made to reach to heaven
Day 4: Sun, moon & stars - God changed their languages
Day 5: Birds & sea animals ENOCH - Jared and his brother were righteous men who
Day 6: Land animals & humans - Man who walked with God lived in a city called Babel
Day 7: The Sabbath Day - Son of Jared and Father of Methuselah - They prayed to God not to change their
- taken up from earth without dying language
GARDEN OF EDEN - These people were called the Jaredites
4 Rivers: Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates METHUSELAH - They went to America
2 Trees: Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of - oldest person in the bible - The Book of Mormon tells about the Jaredites
Good and Evil (Forbidden Tree) - lived for 969 years
- Man (Adam) was made from dust ABRAM
- Woman was made from the rib of man NOAH - lived in Ur
- Adam named the animals 3 Sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth - people in Ur prayed to false gods
- The woman was named Eve for she is the - God told him to build an ark that is 3 floors high - left Ur with his father named Terah, wife
mother of all living to carry 1 pair of each kind of animals named Sarai and nephew named Lot
- He used Cypress wood to build the ark - stopped in Haran until Terah died
ADAM AND EVE - God sent a rain that lasted for 40 days and - went to Canaan, the Land of Israel or the Holy
- a serpent deceived Eve to eat the fruit of the nights Land
Forbidden Tree - The flood swell on the earth for 150 days - there came a famine and they went to Egypt to
- Eve told Adam to eat the Fruit - They lay aground on a mountain which is called find food
- They realized that they were naked Mount Ararat - Sarai pretended to be Abram’s sister
- They covered themselves with Fig leaves - Noah let loose a raven then a dove - they left Egypt
- God banished them from the Garden - Rainbow: symbol of God’s promise - Abram and Lot separated
- God made a garment out of animal skin - Abram went to Hebron
- God put a Cherubim to guard the East of the SONS OF NOAH - Lot went to the plains of Jordan near Sodom
Garden Shem - God made Abraham the Father of All Nations
- ancestor of the Hebrews
CAIN AND ABEL Ham ABRAHAM, SARAH, AND HAGAR
- Adam and Eve bore 3 sons: Cain, Abel and Seth - The Father of Canaan - Sarai had an Egyptian servant called Hagar
- Cain was the first human born in the world - Canaan was cursed because Ham saw the - She gave him to Abraham to bear him a child
- Cain was a farmer nakedness of Noah and told it to his brothers - She gave birth to Ishmael (God hears)
- Abel was a shepherd Japeth - Abraham was 86 at this time
- God said to Abraham to circumcise every boy - “Take your son who you love, Isaac, to the - Jacob was quiet and thoughtful, staying at
when he is 8 years old region of Moriah and sacrifice him on a home, and caring for the flocks of his father
- While Abraham was sitting near the entrance mountain which I will show you” - Isaac loved Esau more than Jacob
to his tent near the great tree at Mamre, he - They traveled for 3 days - Rebekah liked Jacob
looked up and saw three men standing nearby - Abraham was ready to sacrifice Isaac but an
- Abraham rushed to ask Sarah to bake fresh angel stopped him ESAU SELLS HIS RIGHTS
bread - He sacrificed a ram instead which was stuck on - After returning home from a long hunting trip,
- God promised that after a year He will come a thicket Esau was famished
back and Sarah will have a son - At that time, Jacob was cooking lentil stew
- The three men together with Abraham went SARAH’S DEATH - Esau asked for some but Jacob said must give
towards Sodom and Gomorrah - She died at the age of 127 at Hebron him his rights first
- She was buried in a Machpelah cave in the - Esau sold his rights to Jacob in return for the
SODOM AND GOMORRAH land of Canaan that Abraham had bought from lentil stew
- The two angels arrived in Sodom Ephron for 400 shekels of silver
- Lot prepared them bread JACOB DECEIVES ISAAC
- The angels made the people outside Lot’s A WIFE FOR ISAAC - Isaac ordered Esau to hunt for an animal and
house blind - Abraham summoned his senior servant and prepare a meal for him
- Lot and his family left the city ordered him to find Isaac a wife - Rebekah heard this and ordered Jacob to kill 2
- Lord sent burning sulphur on the cities of - With the help of God, he found Rebekah with goats
Sodom and Gomorrah a water on her shoulder - Rebekah covered Jacob’s skin with goatskin
- Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt because she - Her father was Bethuel son of Abraham’s - Isaac blessed Jacob thinking it was Esau
looked back brother Nahor - Esau hated his brother and plotted to kill him
- Lot and his 2 daughters found refuge in the - She gave him and his camels a water to drink - Rebekah knew this and warned Jacob
town Zoar - The servant took out a gold ring and two gold - Jacob went to his uncle, Laban
- Lot’s daughters plied their father with wine, bracelets and put them on Rebekah
lay with him, and had offspring by him: - They went back to Isaac JACOB’S LADDER
Moabites and Ammonites - Rebekah married Isaac - Jacob set off on the long journey north to
Harran
ABRAHAM AND ISAAC ESAU AND JACOB - Jacob had a vision of God
- Abraham had a son with Sarah at the age of - Isaac and his wife Rebekah had twins - He called that place Bethel which means
100 - The older was named Esau and the younger ‘House of God’
- He named him Isaac which means ‘he laughs’ Jacob - As Jacob came close to Harran he saw a well
- God then decided to test Abraham - Esau was a man of the woods, and fond of covered by a large stone and three flocks of
hunting; and he was rough, and covered with sheep grazing nearby
hair
- He saw Rachel, daughter of Laban (Rebekah’s - And he sent onward before him, as a present - Deborah, Rebekah’s servant, died and was
brother) to his brother, a great drove of oxen and cows, buried under an oak tree called the “Weeping
- Jacob worked for Laban for 7 years to marry and sheep and goats, and camels and asses; Oak”
Rachel hoping that by the present his brother might
- Laban deceived Jacob by marrying him to Leah, be made more kind toward him BENJAMIN IS BORN
her older daughter - Jacob prayed earnestly to the Lord God to help - Rachel named her son Benoni but Jacob called
- Jacob worked for another 7 years to marry him him Benjamin
Rachel - He sent all his family across a brook that was in - Rachel died after giving birth to Benjamin
his path, called the brook Jabbok, while he - She was buried beside the road to Ephrath
JACOB’S CHILDREN stayed alone on the other side of the brook to (Bethlehem)
12 SONS Meaning of Name pray again
1. Reuben (Leah) behold a son - And while Jacob was alone, he felt that a man JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
2. Simeon (Leah) God hears had taken hold of him, and Jacob wrestled with - Jacob loved Joseph the best
3. Levi (Leah) joined this strange man all the night. And the man - Jacob gave to Joseph a robe of bright colors
4. Judah (Leah) let Him be praised was an angel from God. They wrestled so hard, with sleeves
5. Dan (Bilhah) judge that Jacob's thigh was strained in the struggle - The older brothers became envious of Joseph
6. Naphtali (Bilhah) my wrestling - He named the place Peniel - He was called as the Dreamer
7. Gad (Zilpah) good fortune - His name was changed into Israel meaning 'He - At Dothan, Joseph found his brothers
8. Asher (Zilpah) happy who wrestles with God' pasturing sheep
9. Issachar (Leah) man of hire - After this Isaac died at the age of 180 years old - They planned to kill Joseph
10. Zebulon (Leah) dwelling and was buried by his sons Jacob and Esau, in - Reuben told the others just to put him in a pit
the cave at Hebron where Abraham and Sarah - Reuben intended, after they had gone away, to
11. Dinah (Leah) judge
were buried already lift Joseph out of the pit, and take him home to
12. Joseph (Rachel) may God add
his father
13. Benjamin
son of the right hand DINAH IS RAPED - The brothers, urged by Judah, sold Joseph for
(Rachel)
- Dinah was raped by Shechem, Hamor’s son twenty pieces of silver as a slave
- Jacob’s sons told them they must be
JACOB GETS READY TO MEET ESAU
circumcised so that Shechem will be able to JOSEPH AND THE PHAROAH
- While Jacob was going back to Canaan, He
wed their sister - The Ishmaelites sold Joseph to a man named
heard that Esau was coming to meet him with
- Three days later Simeon and Levi killed them Potiphar, an officer in the army of Pharaoh
an army of four hundred men
all - Potiphar liked Joseph
- That night Jacob divided his company into two
- He was sent to prison when the Potiphar’s wife
parts; so that if one part were taken the other
JACOB RETURNS TO BETHEL accused him of seducing her
part might escape
- Jacob built an altar there and called it “God of - Joseph told what the dreams of the Pharaoh’s
Bethel” baker and cupbearer meant
- After 3 days, what Joseph had said came true THE LAND OF PLENTY Machpelah, where Abraham and Isaac were
- After 2 years, the Pharaoh had dreamt - They came down to Egypt, sixty-six of Jacob's buried already.
something he couldn’t understand children and grand-children (Leah – 33; Bilhah - When Joseph died they embalmed his body for
- Joseph, a Hebrew (one who crossed over) was – 7; Zilpah – 16; Rachel – 14) 40 days and placed it in a stone coffin and kept
taken out of prison - The part of the land of Egypt where Joseph it in the land of Goshen among the people of
- He told what the dream meant found for his brothers a home, was called Israel
- He was appointed by the King as the master of Goshen
Egypt and was named as Zaphenathpaneah - Joseph introduced Jacob to the Pharaoh THE 12 TRIBES
- The Pharaoh gave Joseph a wife named - Jacob blessed Joseph’s 2 sons 1. REUBEN
Asenath - Jacob blessed his sons - descended from Jacob’s firstborn, whom
- God gave Joseph 2 sons named Manasseh 1. Reuben – slept with Bilhah because of Jacob said was as “uncontrolled as water”
(making to forget) and Ephraim (fruitful) this, he lost his birthright as the - the tribe chose not to settle in the
- Joseph’s interpretation of the Pharaoh’s firstborn, with his father Israel giving it Promised Land
dream came true (7 years of good harvest and instead to the two sons of Joseph 2. SIMEON
7 years of famine) 2. Simeon and Levi – An instrument of - the man Simeon (with his brother Levi)
- Famine spread all across the land cruelty, Cursed with anger, violence, and slaughtered the men of an entire city to
- Joseph’s brothers came to Egypt to buy food wrath; his descendants will be scattered avenge his sister
- Joseph’s brothers did not recognize him 3. Judah – his brothers will praise Him; - the tribe’s portion of land was within the
- Joseph pretended not to know them described as a Lion midst of Judah’s territory
- He called them spies and imprisoned them for 4. Dan - he shall judge his people He shall 3. JUDAH
3 days be a viper and a snake - the tribe of kings
- All of his brothers but Simeon went home 5. Naphtali – described as a deer - King David was part of this tribe, and his
- They return to Egypt with their brother 6. Gad - raiders shall raid him and he shall royal line
Benjamin raid them back - Jesus is of the tribe of Judah
- They had a feast 7. Asher - His food shall be rich 4. LEVI
- They started to go back to Canaan 8. Issachar – described as a strong donkey - the tribe of the priesthood
- Joseph had them followed by his servants and whose name meant ''man of hire'' - the tribe of Levi stood by Moses (a Levite)
because they ‘stole’ the silver cup of Joseph 9. Zebulun – will settle along the seashore - took their place as ministers to the
- The brothers were willing to take Benjamin’s 10. Joseph - shall be fruitful, strong, and tabernacle and later the Temple.
place so that Jacob will not suffer again blessed - Levi had no tribal territory
- Joseph forgave his brothers 11. Benjamin – described as a wolf who 5. DAN
- He sent also wagons in which Jacob and his devours his prey and divides the spoils - Notable tribesman: Samson
wives and the little ones of his family might - When Jacob died his body was carried up out 6. NAPHTALI
ride from Canaan down to Egypt of Egypt to the land of Canaan, and buried it, - they were blessed through his beautiful
as he had said to them, in the cave of words
7. GAD - Because the Israelites were growing in MOSES RETURNS TO EGYPT
- settled east of the Jordan numbers, Egyptians killed baby boys - Moses and Aaron, came to the elders of Israel
8. ASHER - A mother, who hid her child for 3 months, in the land of Goshen
- the tribe went on to possess a region of made an ark and placed her him in the ark - After Moses and Aaron had spoken to the
eastern Galilee which is still known for its - She let it float down the Nile river where the people of Israel the words which God had
olive groves princess, Pharaoh's daughter, would see it given them, they went to meet Pharaoh
9. ISSACHAR - She sent her own daughter, a little girl named - They asked to let the Israelites go
- the tribe was loyal to Deborah and Barak Miriam, twelve years old, to watch close at - The Pharaoh did not listen and made the
- “men who understood the times, with hand Israelites’ work harder
knowledge of what Israel should do” - The Pharaoh’s daughter found him and took - They asked to let the Israelites go, this time
10. ZEBULUN care of him as her own throwing Aaron’s rod
- Zebulun had the largest presence in the - She named him Moses, Drawn out - His rod turned into a snake and devoured the
army that made David king of Israel at - Moses saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite and two snakes of the Egyptians
Hebron, and they served him with “an killed him - It became a rod again in Aaron's hand
undivided heart” - Moses went away from Egypt, into a country in - The King Pharaoh refused to obey still
11. JOSEPH Arabia called Midian - God sent 10 plagues in Egypt:
(Ephraim) - He met two women and helped them 1. The water turned to blood for seven days
- This tribe is named after Joseph’s son. - These women were daughters of Jethro, a 2. Frogs
- symbolized as an ox priest in the land of Midian 3. Lice
(Manasseh) - He married one of the seven daughters of 4. Flies
- this tribe settled on both sides of the Jethro named Zipporah 5. Death of all the animals in Egypt
Jordan River - He had a son named Gershom that means a 6. Boils
- The eastern settlement is often referred to stranger there 7. Hailstorm
as the “half-tribe of Manasseh” - He became a shepherd in Midian 8. Locusts
12. BENJAMIN 9. Plague of darkness for three days
- Benjamin stood against the rest of Israel in BURNING BUSH 10. Passover - all of the first born will be killed
a national civil war - Moses was feeding his flock on a mountain, unless the doorframe of the house has the
- Saul, the first anointed king of Israel, was called Mount Horeb/Mount Sinai blood of a Lamb sprinkled by the plant
from Benjamin - On the mountain, Moses saw a bush which Hyssop
- The tribe was also loyal to David’s seemed to be on fire - The Pharaoh let the people go
descendants when the northern tribes - God spoke to him through the bush
seceded - God appointed him to get the Israelites out of ISRAELITES ESCAPE FROM EGYPT
Egypt - After years of slavery, the Israelites were now
MOSES finally free
- The Egyptians made the Israelites slaves
- There was a Pillar of Clouds by day and Pillar - While they were in camp around this rock at calf, and this he brought out and stood up
of Fire by night Raphidim the wild people who had their before the people
- The Pharaoh chased the Israelites homes in the desert, and were called the - They worshiped this idol
- The Red Sea parted Amalekites, made sudden war on the Israelites - Moses went down and saw them worshipping
- The Israelites were very thirsty - They came down upon them from the a Golden Calf
- They found a spring and they tasted the water, mountains, while they were weary with - Moses was enraged and threw down the two
it was bitter marching, and killed some of the Israelites tables out of his hands, and broke them in
- The Lord showed Moses a tree, and told him to - Then Moses called out those of the people pieces upon the rocks
cut it down and throw it into the water who were fit for war, and made a young man - 3000 idol worshippers were slain by the sons
- The water became fresh, and pure, and good, named Joshua their leader; and they fought a of Levi
so that the people could drink it battle with the Amalekites - Moses gave God an offering and prayed to God
- The place they named Marah, a word which - With the help of God, the Israelites won for the people’s forgiveness
means "bitterness" - Moses went up a second time into the holy
- The people were now hungry THE TEN COMMANDMENTS mount and talked to God for 40 days and 40
- The next morning, when the people looked out - In the third month after the Israelites had left nights
of their tents, they saw all around the camp, the land of Egypt, they came to a great - Moses came down the mountain, bringing the
on the sand, little white flakes, like snow or mountain called Mount Sinai two stone tables, upon which God had written
frost - God called Moses up to the top of the mount the words of his law, the Ten Commandments
- They had never seen anything like it before, - Moses went up, and with him was his helper,
and they said, just as anybody would say, the young man Joshua TABERNACLE OF THE ISRAELITES
"What is it?" In the language of the Israelites, - Joshua stayed on the side of the mountain, but - Tabernacle is the tent where God was
the Hebrew language, "What is it?" is the word Moses went up alone to the top, among the supposed to live among his people, and where
"Manhu" clouds. the people could meet God
- This gave a name afterward to what they saw, - Moses talked to God for 40 days - This Tabernacle stood in the middle of the
the name Manna - God gave to Moses two flat tablets of stone, camp of the Israelites
- The Israelites lived in the wilderness for 40 upon which God had written with his own - The Court of the Tabernacle was an open
years hand the Ten Commandments square around the Tabernacle
- While the Israelites were journeying through - An altar was made of Acacia wood, it was
the desert, they became thirsty IDOLS named as “The Altar of Burnt-Offering”
- Between the wells of Elim and Mount Sinai, - Aaron was not a man of strong will because a sacrifice, a lamb, was burned upon
they found no streams nor springs - When his brother Moses was not by his side it every morning and every evening
- Moses brought the people together before a Aaron was weak, and ready to yield to the - Laver is a large tank or basin, holding water
great rock and with his rod he struck the rock wishes of the people which was used in washing the offerings
- Out of the rock came forth a stream of water - Aaron melted the gold rings into one mass, and - The roof of the Tabernacle was made of four
shaped it with a graving tool into the form of a curtains, one laid above another; the inner
 curtain being beautifully decorated, and the - God chose Aaron and his sons to be the priests DAY OF ATONEMENT
outer curtain of rams' skins to keep out the for all Israel - show the people that all are sinners, and that
rain - Aaron, as the high-priest, wore a splendid they must seek from God to have their sins
- This Tabernacle was divided into two rooms by robe; and a breast-plate of precious stones taken away
a vail which hung down from the roof was over his bosom; and a peculiar hat, called - everybody was required to fast from sunset on
- The larger room was called the Holy Place "a miter," was on his head the day before until three o'clock on that
- In the Holy Place were three things: on the - Aaron and his sons, as Moses also, belonged to afternoon, the hour when the offering was
right side, a table covered with gold, on which the tribe of Levi, the one among the tribes placed on the altar
lay twelve loaves of bread; on the left side, a which stood faithful to God, when the other - The priest must himself have his own sins
Lampstand with seven branches each having tribes bowed down to the golden calf forgiven, before asking forgiveness for others
its light. This is called the Golden Candlestick - This tribe was chosen to help the priests in the - Celebrated on the 10th day of the 7th month
or "the lampstand" services of the Tabernacle
- At the end of the Holy Place, close to the vail, - The two older sons of Aaron, Nadab and ISRAELITES IN THE WILDERNESS
was the Golden Altar of Incense: a small altar Abihu, were one day in the Holy Place - They came to a place just on the border
on which fragrant gum was burned, and from - It was a part of their work to take in a censer between the desert and Canaan, called Kadesh
which a silvery cloud floated up some burning coals from the great altar of or Kadesh-barnea
- The fire on this altar was always to be lighted burnt-offering in front of the Tabernacle - They stopped to rest
from the great altar of brass or copper that was - These young men had been drinking wine, and - God told Moses to send out spies
standing outside the Tabernacle in the court their heads were not clear - Moses chose one among each tribes:
- The inner room of the Tabernacle was called - Instead of taking the fire from the altar of 1. Shammua – son of Zaccur, Reuben
the Holy of Holies, a room so sacred that no burnt-offering, they took some other fire, and 2. Shaphat – son of Hori, Simeon
one except the high-priest ever entered it with this went into the Holy Place to burn the 3. Caleb – son of Jephunneh, Judah
- It can only be visited during the Day of incense upon the golden altar 4. Igal – son of Joseph, Issachar
Atonement - God was angry with these young men for 5. Joshua – son of Nun, Ephraim
- The Ark of the Covenant is where the two coming into his holy house in a drunken state, 6. Palti – son of Raphu, Benjamin
stone tables were kept and for doing what he had forbidden them to 7. Gaddiel – son of Sodi, Zebulin
- It is made of Acacia wood and covered with do; for no fire except that from the great altar 8. Gaddi – son of Susi, Manasseh
places of gold on both the outside and the was allowed in the Holy Place 9. Ammiel – son of Gemalli, Dan
inside; and with a cover of solid gold, on which - While they were standing by the golden altar, 10. Sethur – son of Michael, Asher
stood two figures called cherubim, also made fire came out from it, and they both fell down 11. Nahbi – son of Vophsi, Naphtali
of gold dead in the Holy Place 12. Geuel – son of Maki, Gad
- It was in this room that God was supposed to - Aaron stood by the altar, and offered the - They cut down a cluster of ripe grapes
dwell, and to show his glory sacrifice - They named the place Eshcol which means a
- Eleazar and Ithamar took their older brothers' cluster
AARON places in the services of the Tabernacle - They went back to the camp after 40 days
- They felt like grasshoppers near the giants - Everyone who looked at the serpent was - The angel told him that he would have been
- Caleb said that they can conquer the land healed hurt if the donkey didn’t see him
- The other 10, except Joshua, doubted God - Northeast of the Dead Sea above a brook - Balaam did what God wanted him to do
- Because the Israelites doubted God, only called the brook Arnon, lived a people who - He asked for seven altars, seven young oxen
Joshua and Caleb will be able to enter the were called the Amorites and seven rams
promised land - Moses sent to their king, whose name was - He blessed the Israelites 3 times
- People 20 years old above will not be able to Sihon, the same message as he had sent to the - Balaam told King Balak that the best plan for
enter the promised land only their children king of Edom him and his people is to marry the Israelites
- He would not allow the Israelites to pass - God sent a plague of death upon the people
THE PROMISED LAND through - Israelites made war upon the Moabites and
- They stayed for nearly all the forty years of - The Amorites fought against Israel at a place the Midianites, who were joined with them
waiting in the wilderness of Paran, south of called Jahaz - They beat them in a great battle and killed
Canaan training to become soldiers - The Israelites here won their first great victory many of them. And among the men of Moab
- The Israelites complained cause there’s no they found Balaam the prophet; and they
water BALAAM AND KING BALAK killed him also, because he had given advice to
- God commanded Moses to gather the people - Moses sent out an army in Bashan the Moabites which brought harm to Israel
and speak to the rock - They fought with King Og, who was one of the
- Instead of obeying God, Moses struck the rock giants, and killed him, and took his country DEATH OF MOSES
due to his anger - The Moabites were ruled by a king whose - The men of Reuben, Gad, and half the men of
- God was not pleased with what Moses did name was Balak Manasseh did not settle in the Promised Land
- God told Moses he and Aaron will not be able - There was at that time a prophet living far in - Moses climbed up on Mount Nebo
to go to the Promised Land the east, near the great river Euphrates, whose - God buried Moses
- Miriam died at Kadesh-barnea name was Balaam
- Aaron died at Mount Hor - Balak wanted Balaam to curse the Israelites JOB
- Eleazar took his father's place as the priest - Balaam was tempted by the money - lived in Uz
- Moses talked to the King of Edom, asking that - God allowed him to go but he only must speak - He had 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of
they may pass through their land what God told him oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many
- The King of Edom did not allow them to pass - God sent his angel to meet Balaam in the way servants
through - In order to teach Balaam a lesson, the angel - He had seven sons and three daughters
- Israelites started to complain and God became appeared first to the ass 3 times on which - Satan took everything he had because he
angry Balaam was riding thought Job will hate God once he has nothing
- He sent Fiery Serpents to bite them - Balaam struck the ass 3 times - Job never blamed God
- Moses prayed and God ordered him to make a - God opened Balaam's eyes and let him see the - Satan went out, struck Job and caused
serpent made out of brass and lift it in a pole angel standing with a drawn sword in front of dreadful boils to come upon him
so that everyone could see it him - 3 friends: Eliphaz, Bildad, Ziphar
- Job still remain faithful to God - First came a company of priests with trumpets JOSHUA AND THE LAND OF CANAAN
- Because God was pleased, he doubled his made of rams' horns, which they blew long and - Near the middle of the mountain region,
blessings to Job loud between Jerusalem and Shechem, were four
- Then came the ark of the covenant, borne on cities of a race called either the Hivites, or the
RAHAB the shoulders of the priests. Gibeonites, from their chief city, Gibeon
- Joshua replaced Moses in leading the Israelites - Last of all, came the host of Israel, marching in - These Gibeonites deceived the Israelites and
- In three days, they will take Jericho order became slaves
- On the other side of the Jordan River, there is - No one shouted, nor was any noise heard, - When the king of Jerusalem heard that the
the city of Jericho except the sound of the rams'-horn trumpets Gibeonites had made peace with Israel,he told
- Joshua chose two men and sent them to the - They marched around the walls of Jericho once the kings of Hebron and Lachish and several
city as spies for 6 days, and then all marched back to the other cities to unite and destroy Gibeon
- The two men had been seen camp - Joseph came suddenly upon the five kings and
- The king of Jericho sent men to take them - They marched 7 times on the 7th day their army at a place called Beth-horon
prisoners - After they shouted, the walls of Jericho fell - There a great battle was fought, Joshua leading
- Rahab hid the men - The city was taken down his men against the Canaanites
- Rahab believed that God is powerful; She asks - One of the nobles of the tribe of Judah, whose - With God’s help, the Israelites won
for their protection once they take the city name was Salmon took Rahab for his wife and
- The two spies said that she must hang a scarlet from her line of descendants of those who TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL
rope in her window came from her, many years after this, was born - Caleb, an old man, chose to take the city
David the king Hebron where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was
WALLS OF JERICHO buried
- After the two spies had come back from ACHAN - By the help of the Lord, Caleb was able to drive
Jericho to the camp of Israel, the priests took - Achan, of the tribe of Judah, saw in one house out the giants, tall and mighty as they were.
apart the Tabernacle a beautiful garment that had come from - The giants lived among the people called the
- The people took down their tents, and rolled Babylon, and a wedge-shaped piece of gold Philistines
them up, and brought together their flocks and and some silver and took it - Caleb and his descendants held the city of
cattle, and stood ready to march - On one of the hills above the plain stood a little Hebron in the south of the land
- The Israelites marched down the river city called Ai - Joshua divided the land among the 12 tribes
- They set up a new camp - Joshua sent out an army of 3000 men - Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of
- The place of the camp was near the river, on - They lost for God is not with them Kinnoreth, because the word "kinnor" means
the plain of Jordan, and was called Gilgal - Joshua called all the tribes of Israel to come "a harp" and as they thought that this lake was
- The Israelites marched for 7 days around the before him shaped somewhat like a harp, they named it
city of Jericho - Achan confessed his sin and was persecuted by "the Harp-shaped Sea"
- They drew out the army as if to fight against stoning in the Valley of Achor
the city
- When the war was over, and the land was
divided, Joshua fixed the Tabernacle at a place
called Shiloh

EHUD
- God called a man named Ehud, who belonged
to the tribe of Benjamin, to set the people free
from Eglon, the King of Moab
- Israel have rest with Ehud as a judge for 80
years

DEBORAH
- A Canaanite king in the north, whose name
was Jabin, sent his army down to conquer
them under the command of his general,
named Sisera
- In Sisera's army were many chariots of iron,
drawn by horses; while soldiers in the chariots
shot arrows and threw spears at the Israelites
- The only woman among the fifteen judges
who, one after another, ruled the Israelites
- She knew that a brave man was living in the
land of Naphtali, a man named Barak