{"id":54861,"date":"2019-05-05T00:23:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T21:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=54861"},"modified":"2019-05-05T00:23:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T21:23:44","slug":"joshua-preserves-and-adapts-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/joshua-preserves-and-adapts-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Preserves And Adapts Tradition"},"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":[],"acf":{"old_id":"54861","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":34243,"related_cahpter":"2006","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I approached the end of the Book of Joshua, I thought to compare his valedictory with that of Moses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In chapter 23, I observed that there are only two places in the entire Tanakh in which the word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tzeninim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> appears and their use in identical contexts strongly supports the assumption that Joshua was deliberately paraphrasing a Torah verse. This observation alone is hardly novel or unexpected; however, it joined with several earlier observations (noted in previous chapters) to invite the following conclusion: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That particular book of the Torah that is reprised most often in Joshua is the Book of Numbers. Here are the instances:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dispatching spies to Jericho (chapter 2) reprises Moses\u2019 sending spies (Numbers 12).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The laws of spoils, evoked apropos of the conquest of Jericho (7), were introduced after the battle against Midian (Numbers 31). \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right of the daughters of Tzelophehad to inherit (17) was anticipated in Numbers 27.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The establishment of cities of refuge (20) completes an endeavor begun by Moses (Numbers 35).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allocating Levitical cities (21) was founded on a principle expounded in Numbers 35.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joshua (22) concluded the deal that Moses struck with Reuben Gad and half- Manasseh (Numbers 32).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dire consequences of tolerating the prolonged presence of idolaters (23) was anticipated in Numbers 33.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sole specific incident recalled of the forty years in the wilderness (24) is Balaam\u2019s frustrated attempt to curse Israel (Numbers 22 ff.).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why so? Because the Book of Joshua picks up chronologically where Numbers ends\u2014at the juncture of Moses\u2019s death. The entire Book of Deuteronomy takes up but one week: It commences on the first of Adar (Dt. 1:3: \u201cIn the fortieth year, on the first day of the twelfth month\u201d) and concludes with Moses\u2019s death on the seventh of that very month (according to Rabbinic tradition).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But perhaps of greater import is the lesson this teaches us about leadership. When a leader dies, the Torah principles that person established do not likewise expire. 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