Moses died in Mount Nebo, and Joshua was elected as the new leader of all the tribes of Israel.
Under the leadership of Joshua, Israel will continue to seek to occupy the promised land of Canaan.
It was in this conquest that two important wars took place, the results of which showed the cruelty and psychology of the Jericho War, and also highlighted the brilliance of Joshua's military thought in Ai. Joshua's conquest of Canaan began with the retreat of Shiites from Israel, an ancient city in Moab, which is now Abiezer by the Jordan River.
When the spy got in touch with Rahab, an ally of Jericho, and he was willing to provide valuable information, the Israelis went to the Jordan River and camped there.
Three days later, Joshua ordered the cross.
The Levites were the first to carry the ark, which passed through Jordan. By the river, the priests of the Levites touched the water, and the water piled up from the city of Adam near Zalitan and went down to the plain sea, even the salt sea was cut off, so the people passed through Jericho.
"(Joshua 3: 16), but is this a miraculous separation of the Jordan River so that they can cross a dry river bed, or are there more stories? Earthquakes are common in the Dead Sea depression, which may be the reason why Joshua split the Jordan River.
1927, an earthquake cut off the river for 22 hours.
1546, the earthquake caused landslides, and the river was cut off for two days.
1267, the river stopped flowing again at midnight and didn't flow again until the next morning 10.
Although this is reasonable, Joshua offers a neglected possibility.
From a military point of view, it is meaningless to wait for three days to cross the border, especially considering that King Jericho can easily assemble his troops and get the help of local allies to deploy his troops on the west side of the Jordan River as a tactical obstacle.
However, King Jericho obviously didn't have enough assistance to help him stop the Israelis from crossing the Jordan River.
The reason for the lack of aid is the disunity among Canaan city-states.
This is not to say that they can't unite to attack a common enemy, but in view of military and political disunity, it shows their real weakness in preventing foreign enemies from invading.
Although Joshua's decision seems a bit risky, he is not a fool.
So what are the Israelis doing? The answer is that they took advantage of a recent earthquake. In the presence of natural obstacles, the water slows down and recedes slowly, thus making the river shallow enough to build some kind of barrier to stop the slow (if not static) water flow.
Joshua said, "At harvest time, the Jordan River overflowed all its banks."
(Joshua 3: 15) Knowing that the ferry was flooded, Joshua decided to build a stone wall to block the river in three days and let the army pass smoothly.
As soon as the army passed, Joshua ordered the stone to be removed.
(Joshua 4:2-3) Joshua ordered the removal of twelve stones, indicating that they could not retreat or surrender.
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