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services form the contents of this book.
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V. _Date:_ One month of 1490.
VI. _Contents:_ Offerings, Feasts, and Ceremonial Laws.
VII. 20:26: "Ye shall be holy unto me, for I, Jehovah, am holy."
VIII. God Requires Holiness. (The word holy occurs eighty-seven times in the book.)
IX. 17:11: "For the life of the flesh is in the blood."
19:18: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
23:10: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."
(Where in American history are these words recorded?)
X. 8 and 9. Consecration of Priests.
10. Punishment of Nadab and Abihu.
11. Clean and Unclean Animals.
12. Purification and Circumcision.
13 and 14. Laws regarding Leprosy.
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23. The Three Annual Feasts.
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XI. _Select four._
XII. 1. Absolute Necessity of Atonement for Sin.
2. God's Great Desire for Cleanness of Body and Soul.
XIII. (a) Symbol. The offering. Heb. 9:14.
(b) Type. Aaron, the High Priest. Heb. 9:11.
(c) Analogy. None.
(d) Prophecy. None.
XIV. _Questions:_
1. Glancing over the pages of the book, select what seem to you the six most frequently-used words that emphasize the thought of the book. Consult concordance, finding number of times that each word occurs.
2. Describe the offering in 1:1 to 1:4.
3. Name the five kinds of offerings mentioned in the first five chapters.
4. Give names of the three annual feasts.
5. Questions on Chapter 16:
(a) What two things must Aaron do before entering the Holy Place?
(b) For whom and what did he make atonement?
(c) What did he do with the blood?
(d) What three things did he do with the scapegoat?
(e) What two commands rested upon the people for that day?
6. Describe the Year of Jubilee.
7. Name any six interesting laws recorded in Chapter 19.
8. What book of the New Testament should be studied in connection with this book and why?
XV. _Items of Special Interest._
Select five.
XVI. _Individual Finds._
Chapters
1, 11, 23.

DEUTERONOMY
I. _Pictorial Device:_ Map.
Draw outline map of Palestine. This includes the Mediterranean shore line, Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. Locate Jericho and Mount Nebo. Draw in miniature, opposite Jericho, the Tabernacle and twelve small squares representing the camps of the twelve tribes, three on each side. (See Numbers 2.) Place on map as key thoughts the words "Remember" and "Seven Speeches." Make any original addition suggested in the study.
II. Public Discourse.
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V. Ten days of the eleventh month of the fortieth year of the wandering.
VI. The Last Seven Speeches of Moses:
1. A Review of the Wanderings. Chapters 1 to 4.
2. Repetition of the Law. 5 to 20.
3. Blessing and Cursing. 27 and 28.
4. Covenant. 29 and 30.
5. Exhortation. 31.
6. Song. 32.
7. Blessing. 33.
NOTE.--Verify these, as well as names of all leading chapters, by glancing over them and noting the correctness of the naming. This prevents mechanical committal, and fastens the location more firmly.
VII. 5:33.
VIII. The keeping of the law means life and prosperity.
XI. 8:18: "It is He that giveth thee power to get wealth."
32:47: "It is no vain thing for you: because it is your life."
33:25: "As thy days, so shall thy strength be."
X. 5.
34.
XI. One.
XII. 1. God's Guidance in Human History.
2. God's Anxiety for Obedience.
XIII. (a) Symbol. None.
(b) Type. Moses, prophet, 18:15. Name five regards in which Christ was like Moses.
(c) Analogy. None.
(d) Prophecy. None.
XIV. _Questions:_
1. Name ten things commanded to be done with the law. 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 6:8; 6:9; 17:18, 19; 27:2, 3; 27:4-8; 31:9-13; 31:26.
NOTE.--Describe the Jewish phylacteries.
2. Select from Chapter 28 five striking prophecies regarding the Jews.
3. Note from Christ's temptation, Matt. 4, how many times Christ quoted Scripture and from what books.
4. Be prepared to answer questions on Chapters 9 and 10
5. Prepare five questions on Chapter 34.
XV. _Items of Special Interest._
Select five.
XVI. _Individual Finds._
Chapters
5, 27, 32.

III
THE KINGDOM CONQUERING
Joshua Page
Judges Page
Ruth Page

JOSHUA
I. _Pictorial Device:_ Map.
Draw map of Palestine, locating the tribes. See Map 3 in Bible. Make an opening in the Jordan River, where the crossing occurred. Locate Jericho and Ai, scenes of first victory and first defeat. Locate Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Place over the map an appropriate phrase from Chapter 1. Draw two dotted lines in a general easterly and westerly direction through the country to indicate the Northern, Central and Southern campaigns.
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V. 1451 B.C. to 1427 B.C., making twenty-four years.
VI. 1. Preparations to enter Canaan. 1 to 5.
2. The Three Campaigns of Conquest. 6 to 12.
3. The Division of the Land. 13 to 22.
4. Joshua's Farewell Speeches. 23, 24.
VII. 1:6 in part: "Thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land."
VIII. Our Possessions Equal Our Conquests. (See Hurlbut's Bible Atlas, page 53.)
IX. 1:8.
24:15 in part: "Choose you this day whom ye will serve."
X. 1. The Two Commissions.
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3 and 4. Israel at Jordan.
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7 and 8.
12. The Thirty-one Kings Smitten.
XI. Joshua, Rahab, Caleb, Achan, Eleazar.
XII. 1. The Wide Influence of One Sin.
2. The Lord Fights the Believer's Battles.
NOTE.--Let the teacher question as to the basis of these leading lessons, also explain the thought, and render the same practical in every-day life.
XIII. (a)