Guiding Questions: Joshua 12

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

This chapter reads very much like a listing and nothing more, but:

Does the conquest as listed here include only Joshua’s “victories”?
Are the listings in Joshua 12:7-24 specified in the earlier chapters?
Is the conquest of Jerusalem given any special note?
And, if every city conquered was destroyed, was Jerusalem destroyed as well?
What is set down as the sum total of kings having been conquered/destroyed west of the Jordan?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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Exploring Judaism is the digital home for Conservative/Masorti Judaism, embracing the beauty and complexity of Judaism, and our personal search for meaning, learning, and connecting. Our goal is to create content based on three core framing: Meaning-Making (Why?), Practical Living (How?), and Explainers (What?).

Post categories: Joshua, Neviim (Prophets), Tanakh Yomi, Torah

Post tags: Joshua 12, Perek Yomi (USCJ)

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