( God's speech foreshadows major themes of the book: the crossing of the Jordan and conquest of the land, its distribution, and the imperative need for obedience to the Law ; Joshua's own immediate obedience is seen in his speeches to the Israelite commanders and to the Transjordanian tribes, and the Transjordanians ' affirmation of Joshua's leadership echoes Yahweh's assurances of victory ).

() Aided by miracles, Joshua's army routed the Canaanite military, forcing Debir and the other kings to seek refuge in a cave.

13: 5 ; 11: 17 ; 12: 7 ) It was the most northern point to which Joshua's conquests extended.

* Periodic close contacts with a cometary Venus ( which had been ejected from Jupiter ) had caused the Exodus events ( c. 1500 BCE ) and Joshua's subsequent " sun standing still " ( Joshua 10: 12 and 13 ) incident.

The third mention is a recapitulation of the second, at the pericope of Joshua's death-scene, Joshua 13: 21:

Joshua's instructions to the people ( 1: 10 – 18 )

: A. Joshua's farewell address ( 23: 1 – 16 )

Later, in deference to Jerusalem, the Sages determined that Purim would be celebrated on Adar 15 in all cities which had been enclosed by a wall at the time of Joshua's conquest of the Land of Israel.

23 ) is proved by Joshua's victory over Amalek ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xiii ).

* In the Divine Comedy Joshua's spirit appears to Dante in the Heaven of Mars, where he is grouped with the other " warriors of the faith.

The annual commemoration of Joshua's yahrtzeit is marked on the 26th of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar.

Zerubbabel is understood as the legal successor of Shealtiel, with Zerubbabel's title paralleling the High Priest Jeshua's title, " son of Jozadak ", that emphasizes Joshua's rightful claim to the dynasty of high priests, descending from Aaron.

Profile Rock, in the Freetown-Fall River State Forest, is a granite outcropping from Joshua's Mountain featuring the image of what local Wampanoag Indians have held to be the face of Massasoit.

During these years he and Joshua ( which, as Biff points out, is the original Hebrew version of the Hellenized " Jesus ", and thus in Galilee Jesus was called Joshua Bar Joseph ) travel to the East to seek the Three Wise Men ( a magician, a Buddhist, and a Hindu Yogi ) who attended Joshua's birth so that he may learn how to become the Messiah.

This passage is significant because it explains Joshua's seven day march around Jericho without breaking the Sabbath.

Since today we are not sure where the walled cities from Joshua's time are, the only city that currently celebrates only Shushan Purim is Jerusalem.

It is also the clear explanation of Joshua's later conquest of the land ; a conquest in which Caleb fully participated.

The reason for this is that traditional dating schemes place the Exodus from Egypt and Joshua's conquest around 1400 BC.

To the south of Yoros Castle is Joshua's Hill ; ( allegedly Gospel Calvary ).

If et-Tell is indeed Ai, this poses a problem for defenders of the literal historicity of the Biblical accounts concerning the origin of ancient Israel ; the reason for this is that traditional dating schemes place the Exodus from Egypt in 1440 BC and Joshua's conquest of Canaan around 1400 BC, a time at which the archaeological evidence shows Ai to have been completely unoccupied, as it had been for almost 1000 years.

: Fiore is a very powerful jewel summoner who is Joshua's caretaker / maid ( whom he refers to as " older sister ").

On Ayachuko asteroid, in the Dorados, he is shocked to discover that he has a half-brother, Liol, the result of a liaison between Joshua's father Marcus and a local woman nearly thirty years ago.

Joshua is attacked by a possessed but his attempt to ' exorcise ' him as per Elwes ' instruction fails, apparently because the possessing spirit was a Sunni Muslim and has no fear of Joshua's crucifix.

Joshua's pursuit is hampered by agents from the Edenist Intelligence service ( led by Samual ) and the Kulu External Security Agency ( led by Monica Foulkes ) who have surprisingly joined forces in their own pursuit of Mzu.

Joshua's most popular biblical story is about the taking back of the " promised land ", where Joshua sent his men to march around the walls of the city of Jericho for seven days.

Joshua's US Army career is spent in Operation Desert Storm ( the First Oil War in the novel ) and the " Second Oil War " which culminated in a march on Tehran.

After Joshua's revival and a time as Sadi's lover, Joshua, who's repeatedly refused to accompany Sadi on these excursions through the singularity, ( also known as a closed timelike curve ), is sent by her via force on a preset course through the singularity once more.

It was once thought that P and J extended into Joshua: the similarity between Joshua's crossing of the Jordan and Moses ' crossing of the Red Sea is especially striking, for example.

After Joshua's death, Eli the priest left the tabernacle which Moses erected in the desert and established on Mount Gerizim, and built another one under his own rule in the hills of Shiloh.

Joshua's two final addresses challenge the Israel of the future ( the readers of the story ) to obey the most important command of all, to worship Yahweh and no other gods.

Popular reviews of the Book of Joshua's sharp contrasts and internal conflicts arise from " an appreciable difference between defeating a king in battle, and gaining possession of his capital city " ( vs.,,, ); and because " the land was now within the grasp of the Israelites they did not avail themselves fully of that dominion which was within their reach " (,, vs., ).

Joshua's manliness recommended him for this high post.

It has been speculated that these could have been the two eclipses at the beginning of Joshua's reign.

In Joshua's time ( Josh.

Mansfield enjoys a moderate amount of protected open space, notably Mansfield Hollow State Park, eight town parks and preserves, and numerous Joshua's Trust properties, in addition to university holdings.

Also within Freetown are Breakneck Hill and Joshua's Mountain, site of Profile Rock.

The story takes a fantastical twist on Joshua's miracles as well: he learns to multiply food from one of the Wise Men and learns to become invisible from another ; however, his ability to resurrect the dead figures strongly into his first meeting with Biff when both boys are six years old.

The Three Wise Men, Mary Magdalene ( on whom Biff has a childhood crush ), Joseph, and Mary ( Joshua's mother, whom Biff plans to marry if anything happens to Joseph ) all have their part in the life and times of Joshua.

Legend has it that after Joshua's death a Gypsy curse was put on the Church.

Further doubts have arisen as to whether other cities were sufficiently walled in Joshua's era.

Following Sir Joshua's advice he devoted himself wholly to art.