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Our chapter gives a detailed list of \u201cthe kings whom the Israelites defeated and whose territories they took possession of\u2026\u201d (Joshua 12:1), concluding with their precise number: \u201c\u2026thirty-one kings in all\u201d (verse 24). This extensive list is divided into two categories: First, those kings whose territories were \u201cEast of the Jordan \u2026 These were vanquished by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites; and Moses, the servant of the Lord, assigned that territory as a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh\u201d (verses 1-6). And then a second category: \u201cthe kings whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan \u2026 which Joshua assigned as a possession to the tribal divisions of Israel\u201d (verse 7). <\/span><\/p>\n

The Midrash (Tanhuma Re\u2019eh 7) uses this historically specific information to raise a general theological question, which continues to be discussed to our day — the relation of God to People:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Lord your God has cut down before you the nations that you are about to enter and dispossess, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their land\u2026\u201d (Deuteronomy 12:29). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to Israel: By your lives, I will conduct your wars. But the credit for winning them I will give to you. Come and see — the actions of the Holy One, blessed be He, are not like the actions of a king of flesh and blood. When a king of flesh and blood goes out to war, his legions go out in front of him. If they are victorious, they come and make a crown and crown him. But the Holy One, blessed be He, does not act like this. But rather when He conducts the war, He gives the crown to Israel, as it is said of God: \u201cHe struck down great kings \u2026 and slew mighty kings, Sihon, king of the Amorites \u2026 Og, king of Bashan\u201d (Psalms 136:17-20). But He gave the crown to Israel, as it is says: \u201cMoses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them\u201d (Joshua 12:6). In the case of Joshua, it is written: \u201c\u2026the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them\u2026\u201d (Joshua 10:11). But then Scripture speaks of \u201cthe kings whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated\u2026\u201d (Joshua 12:7).<\/span><\/p>\n

This succinct midrashic text deals, in effect, with the intersection of two major theological principles. All that happens is ultimately the work of God. This is the fundamental doctrine of Divine Providence, that God oversees what happens to every individual and is responsible for every minute detail of existence. Nevertheless, God holds us individually and collectively responsible for our actions. This is the fundamental doctrine of Reward and Punishment. God holds us personally responsible for our transgressions. 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