Joshua

Joshua was born as Hosea ben Nun in Egypt, in the year 2406 from creation (1355 BCE); like Moses, he was hidden in the Nile after birth to escape Pharaoh's decree that all newborn Hebrew males be drowned in the river. For forty years, he was Moses' ...

Joshua, Crossing the Jordan, Partition of the Land, Joshua's Admonition

On whose initiative were the Spies sent? The way the story is told in Numbers 13, it was by Divine command. But when Moses recounts these events 40 years later, he tells the people of Israe it was their idea. The contradiction descibes a watershed in the ...

If we stop and think about what we're doing at any given point in our lives, we'll discover that, as often as not, we're doing something for someone else or sending someone else to do something for ourselves

Joshua, the successor to Moses and conqueror of the Land of Israel, was born in the year 2406, and lived 110 years. His leadership of his people lasted for 28 years. He belonged to the tribe of Ephraim. Joshua was the first in the line of traditional ...

Moses Sends Scouts to Canaan, Return the Spies, Penalty for the Revolt, The Rebels' Second Disobedience, Punishment for the Desecration of Shabbat, Punishment for Blasphemy

End of The Desert Journey, Installation of Joshua, Moses’ Farewell, Moses’ Death

Joshua (1355-1245 BCE), who assumed the leadership of the people of Israel after Moses' passing (see Jewish History for the 5th of Adar) and led them into the Holy Land (see Jewish History for the 10th of Nissan), passed away on Nissan 26. He passed away ...

History of the Jews: The life of Joshua and the Judges, spanning the years 2488 (from creation) when the Jews entered the land of Israel, until year 2832 - the death of Samson.

Leadership is one of those qualities that, as soon as a person begins describing his or her own mastery of it, you can’t help but feel that, in fact, they don’t have it . . .