Questions tagged [yehoshua-joshua]

Concerning Yehoshua the person student of Moshe rabeinu took over as leader of the Jewish nation to conquer and bequeath to them into the Land of Israel after Moshe passed away

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The stones of Joshua in Gilgal, are they still there today?

(Joshua 7 : 26) And they raised over him a great heap of stones to this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore, the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day. What does it mean to this day ? Is it…
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How are there Elders referenced in the beginning of Sefer Yehoshua?

וַיִּקְרַ֨ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ שִׂמְלֹתָ֗יו וַיִּפֹּל֩ עַל־פָּנָ֨יו אַ֜רְצָה לִפְנֵ֨י אֲר֤וֹן יְהוָה֙ עַד־הָעֶ֔רֶב ה֖וּא וְזִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּעֲל֥וּ עָפָ֖ר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁם׃ Joshua thereupon rent his clothes. He and the elders of Israel lay until…