Tabari, i. p. 398. Footnote 570: Gen. xxxi. 51. Footnote 571: Targums, ii. pp. 419-21. Footnote 572: Targums, ii. pp. 432-3. Footnote 573: Ibid., pp. 434-5. Footnote 574: Jalkut, fol. 240; Rabboth, fol. 275, col. 1; Midrash, fol. 285. Footnote 575: Weil, p. 185. Footnote 576: Tabari, i. c. lxxix.; Abulfeda, p. 35. Footnote 577: Rabboth, fol. 302 b; Devarim Rabba, fol. 246, col. 2. Footnote 578: Weil, pp. 188, 189. Footnote 579: Weil, p. 190. Footnote 580: Rabboth, fol. 302 b. Footnote 581: Weil, pp. 190, 191. Footnote 582: Lyra Anglicana, London, 1864, “The Burial of Moses.” Footnote 583: Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 14 a. XXXIII. JOSHUA. Hitherto Israel had required a lawgiver, and they had been given one in Moses; now they needed a general, and they were provided with one in Joshua. After the death of Moses and his brother Aaron, the children of Israel remained seven years in the wilderness, till the forty years were accomplished. Then God conferred on Joshua the function of prophet, and ordered him to lead the chosen people out of the desert and to attack the three cities of the giants. Joshua was of the tribe of Joseph. He was the son of Nun, who was the son of Ephraim, who was the son of Joseph; and his mother was Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron.[584] Before Joshua led the people of the Lord to the conquest of the Holy Land, Joshua sent three deputations into Canaan; of these the first proclaimed, “Let any one who will escape death, leave the country.” Then came the second deputation, and declared, “Let such people as will make an alliance with us, do so, and we will receive them.” Then came the third deputation, and cried, “Let those who persist in desiring war, prepare for it.” The result of these deputations was that one nation deserted the country and settled in Africa, and that another nation made terms with Israel. But thirty-one princes made ready for war.[585] Joshua marched with his army against Jericho, took the city, and slew all the men therein; they were giants, and it took a hundred men to cut off the head of each giant. After the capture of Jericho, Joshua went against Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel. And as the people went up, the men of Ai came forth, and routed them, and they fled.[586] Then Joshua rent his clothes, and fell on his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord, until eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust on their heads. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Get thee up. I am wroth with the people, for there is amongst them a sin which is not put away, and till that accursed thing is cast out, victory shall not attend their arms.”