While the book of Ruth is well-known as the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman, and Naomi, an older Jewish widow, it comes together when God introduces His man, Boaz, to redeem what would have otherwise been a sad ending of two poor women.  It is a picture of Christ and us. 

Bible References:  Ruth 1: 1 - 4: 22

You have to be in my age bracket to remember this comical song, but I could not resist the opportunity to use that title even though it was grammatically incorrect.  During the hundreds of years after Joshua before God finally relented and gave Israel a king, He used "judges" to manage the disobedient people.  The last verse lets us know how that period went.  "... all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes " 

Bible References:  Judges 3 -  21: 25 

Despite his great leadership and legacy, after Joshua went Home to be with the Lord, the Israelites fell back into idolatry and disobedience, forgetting all the LORD God had done for them.  

Bible References:  Judges 2: 1-23

At the end of his incredible life as a man of God, Joshua made sure he used his waning days well.  He challenged the nation of Israel to remember all God had done for them and commit to keep their side of the covenant with God.  

Bible References:  Deuteronomy 31: 23; Joshua 24: 1-28

Servant of Moses...Mighty Warrior...Fearless man of faith, humble leader.  Not much more to say about this great man of God.

Bible References:  Exodus 17, 24, 33: 11;  Deuteronomy 3: 28, 31: 23 

Caleb was the first to speak out against the other ten spies.  He saw what God saw and believed Him when the others did not. 

Bible References:  Numbers 13: 30; 14: 24; Joshua 14: 6-15

Moses was an amazing leader, and we can learn a lot about those skills by studying his life.  More than that, he had the closest relationship with God of any man in the Bible (not Jesus, of course).  Studying that is the greater effort.  

Bible References:  Deuteronomy 34: 10-12

From Genesis 3 through the book of Revelation, we read of the anger of God for which He makes no apology.  God hates sin.  It is a good thing to focus on the love of God, but very foolish to ignore His anger.  As men of God, we must study His Word to learn what it takes to remove it.  

Bible References:  Exodus 32; 1-14; Numbers 20: 1-13; Deuteronomy 32: 46-52

In my study, I found it interesting that only our Bible headings call the "ten words" or "decalogue" the Ten Commandments.  Thousands of years later, Jesus fulfilled, not destroyed, them. 

Bible References:  Exodus 20; Matthew 5: 17-20

This infamous story of the twelve spies being sent to scout out the Promised Land is not recorded in Exodus - rather Numbers and Deuteronomy.  We see a clear failure of leadership as Moses listened to the ten fearful men instead of the two faithful ones. 

Bible References:  Numbers 13-14; Deuteronomy 1: 19-46