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Joshua is "old, advanced in years" at the time when the Israelites can begin to settle on the promised land, just as Moses was old when he died having seen, but not entered, the Promised Land [81] Joshua served as the mediator of the renewed covenant between Yahweh and Israel at Shechem, [82] just as Moses was the mediator of Yahweh's covenant ...
Richard Hess, on the other hand, asserts that "the Transjordanian tribes were not in the land of promise." [9] Moshe Weinfeld argues that in the Book of Joshua, the Jordan is portrayed as "a barrier to the promised land," [7] but in Deuteronomy 1:7 and 11:24, the Transjordan is an "integral part of the promised land." [10]
The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; Arabic: أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad) is Middle Eastern land in the Levant that Abrahamic religions (which include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others) claim God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham (the legendary patriarch in Abrahamic religions) and several more times to his ...
Later, Joshua was identified as one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore and report on the land of Canaan, [30] and only he and Caleb gave an encouraging report, a reward for which would be that only these two of their entire generation would enter the promised land. [31] According to Joshua 1:1, [32] God appointed Joshua to succeed ...
This expansion of territory means that Israel would receive "all the land he promised to give to your fathers", which implies that the settlement actually fell short of what was promised. According to Jacob Milgrom, Deuteronomy refers to a more utopian map of the promised land, whose eastern border is the wilderness rather than the Jordan. [27]
The Book of Joshua lists almost 400 ancient Levantine city names (including alternative names and derivatives in the form of words describing citizens of a town) which refer to over 300 distinct locations in Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
According to God‘s command, Joshua tells the Israelites to prepare to cross the Jordan River in three days. The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh agree to fight alongside Israel as they had promised. PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH God – Joshua – Children of Israel. PLACES: Jordan River – Lebanon – Euphrates – Mediterranean Sea
Richard Hess, on the other hand, asserts that "the Transjordanian tribes were not in the land of promise." [12] Moshe Weinfeld argues that in the Book of Joshua, the Jordan is portrayed as "a barrier to the promised land", [10] but in Deuteronomy 1:7 and 11:24, the Transjordan is an "integral part of the promised land." [13]