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.”
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Yehoshua 1 - Review Questions
- How does Passuk Alef describe Moshe and Yehoshua? (1)
- What are the biblical borders of Eretz Yisrael? (3)
- What are the two adjectives that Hashem constantly reminds Yehoshua on how he should lead the nation? (6,7,9)
- Which tribes have inheritance outside of Eretz Yisrael?
- Upon giving them this inheritance what did Moshe and now yehoshua command them to do regarding the future conquest of Yisrael? (14-15)
- What do the tribes answer and what do they say will happen if someone doesn’t listen to Yehoshua? (16-18)
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Yehoshua 1 - Points of Interest
- What is the significance of the repetition of the words “Hazak Ve’ematz”?
- Every time it mentions Moshe’s name the phrase Eved Hashem follows
- Passuk 7-8 basically state the same command about keeping the Torah. Why is the second pasuk needed? What important idea is it adding?
- Look in the Chumash where Moshe explains to the 2 and ½ tribes on the conditions of settling on the transjordan. What are the differences between what Moshe tells them there and what Yehoshua tells them here.
- Take notice on how easy the transition was from one ruler to another. In almost every other country and civilization throughout world history political change equaled political strife, opposition to the new ruler, anarchy, and in many cases civil war and bloodshed. In Yehoshua the first change of leadership for Am Israel, the whole nation viewed him as an extension of Moshe Rabbenu, and the nation was ready to follow Yehoshua into Eretz Yisrael wholeheartedly.
- Grammar notes: when Hashem says he will be with Yehoshua it uses the feminine E’mach(with you) instead of the masculine E’mecha
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