Yehoshua 1 - Summary
(Text) - Sefer Yehoshua picks up exactly where Devarim ends off. Moshe the first leader of Am-Yisrael (the nation of Israel) who led Bene Yisrael (the children of Israel) from Mitzrayim (Egypt) through the desert onto the banks of the Jordan has just died. Yehoshua, who was Moshe’s helper (Mesharet Moshe) becomes the leader without any questions from the nation about his legitimacy or worthiness. To instill confidence in Yehoshua, Hashem promises him that he will give Eretz Yisrael to the nation as he promised and that just Hashem was with Moshe he will be with Yehoshua as well. Now Hashem tells Yehoshua that in order to fulfill his job a manhig Yisrael, he must be strong and courageous and must follow the Torah wholeheartedly. After Hashem spoke with Yehoshua, Yehoshua reminds the two and half tribes that were to claim their land outside Canaan that to inherit their land they must fight with their brothers to conquer Canaan. Showing that they had full faith in Yehoshua they replied “everything you commanded us we will do, wherever you send us we will go.”
Posted in Chapter 01, Summaries, Yehoshua - Joshua by Samuel Calvo on January 26, 2007 |
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