Yehoshua 4 - Summary
(Text) - After Bnei Yisrael crossed the Jordan, Yehoshua commanded one man for each tribe to collect the twelve stones from the River where the Kohanim stood. Then Yehoshua proclaimed that these stones will be a symbol to the future generations that the waters of the Jordan split in front of G-d’s aron when Bnei Yisrael crossed the Jordan. After the entire nation finished crossing, and the symbolic rocks were taken, the carriers of the Aron went up from the water. immediately, the two and ½ tribes that were to fight on the front lines assembled in front of the nation in preparation for the capture of Jericho. Most importantly, just as Hashem promised, Yehoshua’s stature grew in the eyes of the nation, who now viewed him as they viewed their past leader, Moshe.
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Yehoshua 4 - Review Questions
- What did Yehoshua command to the representative of each tribe?
- What was the symbolism of the rocks?
- Which tribes assembled in front of the nation for the upcoming war?
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Yehoshua 4 - Points of Interest
- Notice the parallelism between the symbol of these rocks and the wording of the Navi, to the symbol of the matza and the tefilin etc. during the exodus of Egypt.
- Pasuk 7 what does it mean when it says “Ad Olam” does that mean until the time Sefer Yehoshua was written? It can’t be referring to today because they are not there!
- Notice that every time Yehoshua does something as he was commanded it always mentions Moshe.
- What does the last words of the perek “as they viewed God all of the days” (24) mean? Is it referring to after the makot? The exodus? The splitting of the sea? The manna? The wars on the Transjordan?
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