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The first part of our chapter deals with the second, now successful, attempt to conquer the city of Ai, by Joshua and his Israelite forces (Joshua 8:1-29). In the second part of our Chapter (verses 30-35), Joshua builds an altar on Mount Ebal, as Moses had commanded (see Deuteronomy 27:3-8).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Midrash (Tanhuma Tetzaveh 9) views this episode as one of the comparisons between Joshua and Moses: \u201cThe wise shall obtain honor\u201d (Proverbs 3:35). This refers to Joshua, who inherited honor from Moses, our Rabbi. As the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Joshua at the beginning of his book: \u201cAs I was with Moses, so I will be with you\u201d (Joshua 1:5). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses: \u201cRemove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground\u201d (Exodus 3:5), and to Joshua He said: \u201cRemove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy\u201d (Joshua 5:15). Moses led the People of Israel out of Egypt, while Joshua led them into the Holy Land. Moses slew King Sihon and King Og (see Joshua 12:1-6), while Joshua slew thirty-one kings (Joshua 12:7-24). Moses erected an altar (see Exodus 17:15), and Joshua did likewise (Joshua 8:30). Moses wrote out the Torah (see Deuteronomy 31:9). And Joshua wrote out the same Torah, as it is said: \u201cAnd there, on the stones, he inscribed a copy of the Torah of Moses that he had written for the Israelites\u201d (Joshua 8:32, see also Joshua 24:26).<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Midrash goes on to point to one significant difference between Moses and Joshua in respect to the length of their respective lifetimes. About Moses it is written: \u201cMoses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died\u201d (Deuteronomy 34:7), while Joshua died at the age of one hundred and ten years (Joshua 24:29). <\/span><\/p>\n

Why did he live ten years less? Because of ten words in a verse that tells of how Joshua, the disciple of Moses, spoke before his master, Moses, telling him what to do to Eldad and Medad: \u201cVa-yan Yehoshua bin-Nun, mesharet Moshe mi-behurav va-yomer: \u2018adoni Moshe \u2013 kela\u2019em<\/em> — And Joshua son of Nun, Moses\u2019 attendant from his youth, spoke up and said: My lord Moses, restrain them!\u201d (Num. 11:28). Because of these ten Hebrew words that tell how Joshua, the disciple of Moses, spoke up before his master, Moses, telling him what to do, Joshua\u2019s life was shortened by ten years. <\/span><\/p>\n

From this episode you learn that a disciple is not permitted to give a halakhic ruling in the presence of his master. And any disciple who presumes to do so will find his life\u2019s span shortened (see Talmud Bavli \u2018Eruvin 63a). So, though Joshua did many of the same things that Moses did, he lived for ten years less because he presumed to tell Moses, his master, what to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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