{"id":53843,"date":"2019-04-17T00:15:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=53843"},"modified":"2022-11-09T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T06:04:09","slug":"joshua-old-advanced-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/joshua-old-advanced-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Old, Advanced In Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[419,430],"acf":{"old_id":"53843","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":53309,"related_cahpter":"200","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Some tasks completed, many still left to accomplish","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beginning of the second half of the Book of Joshua describes Joshua as advanced in age, and much of the land as yet unconquered. The areas of Israelite conquest and settlement were concentrated in the Canaanite hill country, the sparsely populated ridge that runs the length of the land from the arid Negev in the south until the fertile Jezreel Valley towards the sea of Kinneret northwards. The coastal plain and the fertile valleys southwest of the Kinneret, which were inhabited by the Canaanites, could not be conquered militarily. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While a superficial reading of the first half of the book may leave the impression that Israel under the leadership of Joshua succeeded in conquering the entire Canaanite population in short order, a more careful study indicates that this was not the case. Though Israel achieved impressive victories over the Canaanite military alliances and even took many of their towns in battle, the results were tenuous. Only by following up their victories with settlement of the land, a drawn-out process that was scarcely unfolding even after the smoke of the battles had long since cleared, could the people hope to possess it. This, in fact, was the core of God&#8217;s message to the aging leader, as the cycle of wars was coming to an end while Israel&#8217;s hold on the land was far from firm: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have become old, advanced in years, but much of the land remains unsettled. This is the land that remains&#8230;. I will drive them out before the people of Israel. Only assign it to Israel according to lot, as I have commanded you. (Josh. 13:1-6) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God indicated to Joshua and to the people what every victorious general realizes and what had become apparent to the Israelite forces by virtue of their own experience: Conquest of territory does not equal its possession. While the former is a function of more advanced weaponry or superior strategy, the latter depends upon establishing a permanent presence of one&#8217;s population. The former is quick and decisive, while the latter is protracted and often plagued by setbacks. While Joshua was singularly successful at the first task, God informs him that the second task, settlement of the land, will not be completed during his lifetime. God therefore bids Joshua while he yet lives, to formally assign the territory of Canaan to the tribes by lot, though the land will not be populated by Israelites until much later when they finally achieve hegemony. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Jerusalem: Koren, 2015); chap: \u201cSettling the Land of Canaan\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image by: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image by bonnyblum from 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