Title: Anki Torah / Tanach
Tags: Joshua Tanach
On every note of this deck, unless a note says otherwise:
Title: The Tanach Challenge: Joshua
Author: Rabbi Jonathan Fox

Front: Whom did Hashem instruct to be strong and courageous?
Back: Joshua [1:7]

Front: ‘do not deviate from it to the right or to the left’ (Joshua 1:7) – to what does ‘it’ refer?
Back: The Torah [1:7]

Front: When Joshua mentions Moses’ name, what phrase does he use immediately thereafter to describe him?
Back: ‘servant of Hashem’ [1:13; 1:15]

Front: From which location did Joshua send the two spies?
Back: Shittim [2:1]

Front: What was the name of the woman who hid the two spies whom Joshua sent?
Back: Rahab [2:1-4]

Front: Where and in what substance did Rahab hide the two spies whom Joshua sent?
Back: On the roof of her inn in stalks of flax [2:6]

Front: Who said to whom ‘Our souls will be instead of yours’?
Back: The two spies to Rahab [2:14]

Front: What color was the cord of thread that the two spies told Rahab to tie in the window?
Back: Scarlet [2:21]

Front: For how many days did the two spies remain on the mountain until the pursuers turned back?
Back: Three days [2:22]

Front: The marshals instructed the people not to approach the Ark when it is being carried. What was the closest that the people could be from the Ark?
Back: Two thousand cubits [3:4]

Front: True or false? When the people crossed the Jordan, they crossed on dry ground.
Back: True [3:17]

Front: What is the name of the city that ‘is near Zarethan’ (Joshua 3:16)
Back: Adam [3:16]

Front: According to Joshua, what event would the twelve stones taken from the Jordan symbolise?
Back: The cutting off of the waters of the Jordan [4:7;22-23]

Front: What is the name of the place where Joshua erected the twelve stones that had been taken from the Jordan?
Back: Gilgal [4:20]

Front: On what date did the people ascend from the Jordan and encamp at Gilgal?
Back: On the tenth of the first month [4:19]

Front: What was the name of the place where Joshua circumcised the Children of Israel?
Back: Gibeath-haaraloth [5:3]

Front: Who said to whom, “Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from upon you.” (Joshua 5:9)?
Back: Hashem to Joshua [5:9]

Front: What ritual did the Children of Israel perform on the fourteenth of the month in the evening?
Back: The Pesach-offering [5:10]

Front: On what date in the first month was the manna depleted?
Back: On the fifteenth [5:12]

Front: Who said, “Are you with us or with our enemies?”?
Back: Joshua [5:13]

Front: How many Kohanim went with shofars before the Ark as the men of war encircled Jericho?
Back: Seven [6:13]

Front: How many times in total did the men of war encircle Jericho before the wall of the city fell?
Back: Thirteen [6:14-15]

Front: Who said to whom: “Go to the house of the woman, the innkeeper, and bring forth from there the woman and all that is hers, as you swore to her.” (Joshua 6:22)?
Back: Joshua to the two spies [6:22]

Front: What did the Children of Israel do with the silver, the gold and the copper vessels spoils from Jericho?
Back: They donated them to the treasury of the House of Hashem [6:24]

Front: On whom does the following curse fall: “with his oldest child he will lay its foundation and with his youngest he will set up its gates.” (Joshua 6:26)?
Back: One who rises up and rebuilds the city of Jericho [6:26]

Front: What was the name of the person who took of the consecrated property of Jericho?
Back: Achan [7:1]

Front: Achan. who took of the consecrated property of Jericho, from which tribe did he come?
Back: Judah [7:1]

Front: How many men of the Children of Israel were struck down by the men of Ai?
Back: Thirty-six [7:5]

Front: Who said to whom: “Raise yourself up! Why do you fall on your face?” (Joshua 7:10)?
Back: Hashem to Joshua [7:10]

Front: What items did Achan confess to having taken from the spoils of Jericho?
Back: A lovely Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold [7:21]

Front: What is the name of the place where Achan was stoned?
Back: The Valley of Achor [7:26]

Front: In the second attempt to conquer the city of Ai, how many men went with Joshua to lie in ambush to the west of Ai?
Back: About 5 000 [8:12]

Front: When the king of Ai left his city to oppose the men of Israel, was he aware that an ambush was waiting behind the city?
Back: No [8:14]

Front: How did the king of Ai die?
Back: Joshua hanged him on the gallows [8:29]

Front: What did Joshua inscribe on the stones that he erected on Mount Ebal?
Back: A repetition of the Torah of Moses [8:32]

Front: Who said, “We have come from a distant land; now seal a covenant with us.”
Back: The people of Gibeon [9:3-6]

Front: Why did the leaders of Israel refuse to smite the people of Gibeon?
Back: Because they had sworn to them that they would not [9:19-20]

Front: According to the people of Gibeon, why did they deceive the people of Israel?
Back: Because they were fearful of them for their lives [9:24]

Front: ‘That day Joshua made them into woodchoppers and water drawers for the assembly and for the Altar of Hashem’ (Joshua 9:27) – who is ‘them’?
Back: The people of Gibeon [9:22-27]

Front: How many kings joined together to wage war against Gibeon?
Back: Five [10:5]

Front: Which king was the instigator to wage war against Gibeon?
Back: Adoni-zedek [10:1-3]

Front: Complete the quote: “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and ______________” (Joshua 10:12)
Back: moon in the Valley of Aijalon [1012]

Front: Where were the five Amorite kings concealed?
Back: In the cave at Makkedah [10:16]

Front: ‘All these kings gathered; they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to wage war with Israel’: Which king instigated this gathering?
Back: Jabin king of Hazor [11:1-5]

Front: ‘All these kings gathered; they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to wage war with Israel’: When Joshua defeated these kings, what did he do to their horses and to their chariots?
Back: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots in fire [11:9]

Front: From which nation were the people of Gibeon?
Back: Hivvite [11:19].

Front: True or false? Joshua destroyed the Anakim in the Land and outside the Land.
Back: False [11:22]

Front: How many kings did Joshua smite?
Back: Thirty-one [12:24]

Front: ‘but there was left among the Children of Israel seven tribes that had not yet received their heritage.’ (Joshua 18:2) – list these seven tribes.
Back: Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan [Chapters 18 and 19]

Front: Which city did Joshua give to Caleb?
Back: Hebron [14:13]

Front: How old was Caleb when he received Hebron?
Back: Eighty-five [14:10]

Front: To whom did Joshua say: “If you are such a numerous people, ascend to the forest and clear an area for yourselves there” (Joshua 17:15)
Back: The children of Joseph [17:14-15]

Front: How many men from each of the seven tribes did Joshua dispatch to travel the land and to describe it in writing?
Back: Three [18:4]

Front: Which city did the Children of Israel give to Joshua?
Back: Timnath-serah [19:49-50]

Front: Name the three refuge cities that the Children of Israel designated on the west of the Jordan.
Back: Kedesh, Shechem and Hebron (Kiriath-arba) [20:7]

Front: How many cities in total were given to the Levites?
Back: Forty-eight [21:39]

Front: To whom did Joshua say: “You have not forsaken your brethren these many days – until this day” (Joshua 22:3)
Back: The tribes of Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh [[22:2-3]

Front: The Children of Israel sent a delegation to Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh for having built an altar in their territory across the Jordan. What did the Children of Israel suspect these tribes of?
Back: That they built the altar to turn away from and to rebel against Hashem [22:17-18]

Front: The Children of Israel sent a delegation to Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh for having built an altar in their territory across the Jordan. How many people made up this delegation?
Back: Eleven [22:13-14]

Front: The Children of Israel sent a delegation to Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh for having built an altar in their territory across the Jordan. Who led the delegation?
Back: Phineas the son of Elazar the Kohen [22:13-14]

Front: The Children of Israel sent a delegation to Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh for having built an altar in their territory across the Jordan. Did the delegation find these tribes guilty or innocent?
Back: Innocent [22:30]

Front: At what age did Joshua die?
Back: 110 [24:29]

Front: Where was Joshua buried?
Back: Timnath-serah [24:30]

Front: In which city were Joseph’s bones buried?
Back: Shechem [24:32]

Front: For what price did Jacob purchase ‘the portion of the field’ (Joshua 24:32) from the children of Hamor?
Back: A hundred kesitahs [24:32]