The book is as intriguing for the themes it leaves out as for what it includes: the ark of the covenant, which is given so much importance in the stories of Moses and Joshua, is almost entirely missing, cooperation between the various tribes is limited, and there is no mention of a central shrine for worship or of a high priest ( the office to which Aaron was appointed at the end of the Exodus story ).

Moses ... appointed Nisan ... as the first month for the festivals ... the commencement of the year for everything relating to divine worship, but for selling and buying and other ordinary affairs he preserved the ancient order e. the year beginning with Tishrei.

Not the sons of Moses — as Moses himself had expected — but Joshua was appointed successor to the son of Amram ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xii ).

of the tribe of Asher ; one of those appointed by Moses to

The Sufis base the assigning of forty days of khalwa period on the forty days Allah had appointed for Musa ( Moses ) as a fasting period before speaking to him, as mentioned in different chapters in the Qur ' an.

In 1960, through the efforts of the powerful appointed official, Robert Moses of New York City, New York State seized of the Tuscarora reservation to form a reservoir for the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant operated by the New York Power Authority.

In 1550 he was presented to the crown livings of St Margaret Moses and St Sepulchre in London, and in 1551 was made a prebendary of St. Paul's, where the dean and chapter soon appointed him divinity lecturer.

In January 1934, newly elected Mayor Fiorello La Guardia appointed Robert Moses commissioner of a unified parks department, a new organization that eliminated borough park commissioners.

In September 1830, after Hiram Page claimed to have received revelations for the church, a revelation to Smith stated that " no one shall be appointed to receive commandments and revelations in this church excepting my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., for he receiveth them even as Moses.

Thereafter she was appointed as the wet nurse of Moses.

To fulfil his friend's dream, Moses took over and appointed Robert Carr Woods as editor.

During ' Abd al-Rahman's term of power, the scholar Moses ben Enoch was appointed rabbi of Córdoba, and as a consequence al-Andalus became the center of Talmudic study, and Córdoba the meeting-place of Jewish savants.

In the narrative, the burning bush is the location at which Moses was appointed by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan.

His brother-in-law Sir Moses Montefiore with his relative Nathan Mayer Rothschild then founded the Alliance Assurance Company ( 1824 ), and Gompertz was appointed actuary under the deed of settlement.

Moses was appointed the United States Minister to Greece from 1909-1912.

Sir Moses Montefiore was appointed executor of his will, and used the funds for a variety of projects, including building in 1860 the first Jewish residential settlement and almshouse outside of the old walled city of Jerusalem-today known as Mishkenot Sha ' ananim.

As an example, in Exodus 18 and Numbers 11 of the Bible is cited to show that Moses appointed elders to govern with him and to judge disputes, imparting to them details and guidance of how to interpret the revelations from God while carrying out their duties.

Jānis Šmits who was appointed to the position of chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee has called his parliamentary colleagues to get familiar with religious writings " in case they can actually, read ", quoting a passage from The Book of Moses, that could be loosely translated as: " men having gay sex must die, and their corpses must be left soaking in their own blood ".

The legislation creating the administrative structure of the state parks was drafted by Moses, who had been assured by Smith that he would be appointed to the position of executive director for both the SCP and the Long Island State Parks Commission.

It is named for the Biblical figure Bezalel, son of Uri (), who was appointed by Moses to oversee the design and construction of the Tabernacle ( Exodus 35: 30 ).

Nahshon was appointed by Moses, upon God's command, as prince of the Tribe of Judah, and though his tribe was fourth in the order of the Patriarchs, yet at the dedication of the Tabernacle he was the first to bring his dedicatory offering.

Muslims believe that all true prophets ( including Moses and Jesus ) preached Islamic principles that were applicable in their time but when the times changed and people needed new guidance for new situations, God appointed a new prophet with a new code of life that could guide them.

Moses and Joshua bowing before the Ark, painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot, c. 1900

The book is structured in two roughly equal parts, the story of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan and the destruction of their enemies, followed by the division of the conquered land among the twelve tribes ; the two parts are framed by set-piece speeches by God and Joshua commanding the conquest and at the end warning of the need for faithful obedience of the Law ( torah ) revealed to Moses.

The Deuteronomistic history draws parallels in proper leadership between Moses, Joshua and Josiah.

God's commission to Joshua in chapter 1 is framed as a royal installation, the people's pledge of loyalty to Joshua as successor Moses recalls royal practices, the covenant-renewal ceremony led by Joshua was the prerogative of the kings of Judah, and God's command to Joshua to meditate on the " book of the law " day and night parallels the description of Josiah in 2 Kings 23: 25 as a king uniquely concerned with the study of the law — not to mention their identical territorial goals ( Josiah died in 609 BCE while attempting to annex the former Israel to his own kingdom of Judah ).

* Joshua sent spies to scout out the land near Jericho ( 2: 1 ), just as Moses sent spies from the wilderness to scout out the Promised Land ( Num.

* Joshua led the Israelites out of the wilderness into the Promised Land, crossing the Jordan River as if on dry ground ( 3: 16 ), just as Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt through the Red Sea, which they crossed as if on dry land ( Ex.

* Joshua successfully intercedes on behalf of the Israelites when Yahweh is angry for their failure to fully observe the " ban " ( herem ), just as Moses frequently persuaded God not to punish the people ( Ex.

* Joshua and the Israelites were able to defeat the people at Ai because Joshua followed the divine instruction to extend his sword ( Josh 8: 18 ), just as the people were able to defeat the Amalekites as long as Moses extended his hand that held " the staff of God " ( Ex.

* Joshua served as the mediator of the renewed covenant between Yahweh and Israel at Shechem ( 8: 30 – 35 ; 24 ), just as Moses was the mediator of Yahweh's covenant with the people at Mount Sinai / Mount Horeb.

* Before his death Joshua delivered a farewell address to the Israelites ( 23 – 24 ), just as Moses had delivered his farewell address ( Deut.

Moses is ordered to appoint Joshua as his successor.

God calls Moses up the mountain to receive a set of stone tablets containing the law, and he and Joshua go up, leaving Aaron in charge.

" according to Numbers 13: 8, 13: 16 that was the original name of Joshua son of Nun, till Moses gave him the longer name ( compounded with the name of Yahweh ) which he continued to bear ( yehoshua `), " Yahweh is salvation.

It is known in Judeo-Christian tradition as the place of the Israelites ' return from bondage in Egypt, led by Joshua, the successor to Moses.

Joshua ( Yĕhôshúa ‘;, Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn ), is a figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel ( Num 13-14 ) and in few passages as Moses ' assistant.

According to the books Exodus, Numbers and Joshua, he became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses ; his name was Hoshe ' a the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him Yehoshu ' a ( Joshua ) () the name by which he is commonly known ; and he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus, and was probably the same age as Caleb, with whom he is occasionally associated.

All Muslims also see Joshua as the leader of the Israelites, following the death of Moses.

The principal one gives a detailed statement that soon after the incident at Meribah, Aaron, with his son Eleazar and Moses, ascended Mount Hor.

He was a descendant of Meshullam ben Jacob of Lunel, one of whose five sons was Joseph, the grandfather of Abba Mari, who, like his son Moses, the father of Abba Mari, was highly respected for both his rabbinical learning and his general erudition.

" Clampett ; Irene Ryan as his ornery mother-in-law, Daisy May " Granny " Moses ; Donna Douglas as his curvaceous, tom-boy daughter Elly May Clampett ; and Max Baer, Jr. as Jethro, the brawny, half-witted son of his cousin Pearl Bodine.

In July 1808, Napoleon issued a decree that everyone, including Jews, must adopt an inheritable family surname, and so Meier's son, also Moses, took the name of his employers, the Sayn-Wittgensteins, and became Moses Meier Wittgenstein.

In Latin, the Hebrew " ben " ( son of ) becomes the Greek − style suffix "- ides " to form " Moses Maimonides ".

According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was a son of Amram, a member of the Levite tribe of Israel descended from Jacob, and his wife, Jochebed.

Moses would not be able to become Pharaoh because he was not the ' blood ' son of Bithiah, and he was the youngest.

Moses lived in Midian for forty years as a shepherd, during which time his son Gershom was born.

On the way Moses was nearly killed by God because his son was not circumcised.

Some historians, however, point out the " apologetic nature of much of Artapanus ' work ," with his addition extra-biblical details, as with references to Jethro: The non-Jewish Jethro expresses admiration for Moses ' gallantry in helping his daughters, and chooses to adopt Moses as his son.

: Saul, the first king, begins as an ideal choice to lead and judge Israel ..... Saul cares for his father's animals ( as did Joseph and Moses, and as David will ), and he is a dutiful son ..... Saul is a handsome man and a head taller than any Israelite ()

When a trader from Georgia approached Brodess about buying Rit's youngest son, Moses, she hid him for a month, aided by other slaves and free blacks in the community.

Mendel Dessau was a poor scribe — a writer of torah scrolls — and his son Moses in his boyhood developed curvature of the spine.

One was the son of Eliab, who, along with his brother Dathan, joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron.

# A Levite, son of Hebron, of the lineage of Moses ( 1 Chr.

Among the spies sent by Moses to view the land of Canaan, Gaddiel the son of Sodi represented Zebulun ( Numbers 13: 10 ).

* Felix Mendelssohn ( 1809 – 1847 ), noted early Romantic composer, son of Abraham, grandson of Moses