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He is succeeded by Joshua, who is rather pointedly described\u2014by virtue of a nearly identical relationship\u2014as: \u201cMoses\u2019s servant (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mesharet<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u201d (ibid).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In verse 6, God tells Joshua to \u201cbe strong and resolute\u201d (<em>c<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hazak ve`ematz<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and adds, immediately thereafter (7), \u201cJust be very strong and resolute (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">raq chazak ve`ematz<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Rashi, troubled by the seemingly unnecessary repetition, distinguished between the two instructions. The first he interpreted as: \u201cBe strong and resolute. In the physical sense, as it states: \u2018For you will lead this people to inherit the land\u2019.\u201d While the second he interpreted as: \u201cJust be very strong and resolute. This was said in reference to the Torah, as it states: &#8216;To preserve, to act in accordance with all the laws of the Torah\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The precedence which \u201cthe physical sense\u201d takes over \u201cthe Torah\u201d is reminiscent of the rabbinic adage: \u201cPropriety precedes Torah\u201d (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">derekh eretz kadmah leTorah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). As much as the pursuit of Torah is the loftiest of all our possible objectives, our \u201clower order needs\u201d have to be met before our \u201chigher order needs\u201d can be fulfilled, as Abraham Maslow reminded us in his well-known \u201chierarchy\u201d (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Theory of Human Motivation<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Hence, Joshua\u2019s very first instruction to Israel is: \u201cPrepare food\u201d (11).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The significance of \u201cjust be strong and resolute\u201d is reinforced by the people\u2019s incorporation of the phrase in their inaugural declaration of loyalty to Joshua in the closing verse of our chapter: \u201cAnyone who rebels against your instructions and disobeys anything that you command him, shall be put to death; just be strong and resolute\u201d (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>raq<\/em> <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chazak ve`ematz<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) (verse 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