SEFER YEHOSHUA
YEAR 2488
ACTIVITY
1ST OF SHVAT UNTIL THE 6TH OF ADAR
MOSHE EXPOUNDED TORAH (36 DAYS) MOSHE DIES BEGINS 30 DAYS OF MOURNING DAYS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
7TH OF ADAR 5TH TO THE 8TH OF NISSAN TH 7 TO 9TH OF NISSAN TH 10 DAY OF NISSAN TH 11 TO 13TH OF NISSAN TH 14 OF NISSAN 15TH THRU 21ST OF NISSAN
WHERE IN SEFER YEHOSHUA
CHAPTER TWO
3 DAYS OF PREPARATION
CHAPTER ONE
DAY OF CROSSING JORDAN RIVER 3 DAYS OF CIRCUMCISION & RECUPERATION OFFERED KORBAN PESACH 7 DAYS OF PESACH – FIRST IN ERETZ YISROEL 7 DAYS OF SIEGE OF YERICHO
CHAPTERS THREE & FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX
Yehoushua 2488-2516 Entry into Eretz Yisrael 10th of Nissan 2488 7 years conquest, then 7 years apportionment Shmittah cycle starts 2503
FOUR VERSIONS # of days in Adar Day of week on which Moshe died (7th of Adar) 30 days of Mourning Start (Adar) Finish (Nissan) 3 days of Preparation 7th 8th & 9th of Nissan Cross the Yardan River 10th of Nissan 4 days of circumcision, recovery and Korban Pesach 11th thru 14th of Nissan 7 days of Pesach 15th thru 21st of Nissan Days in Nissan of Idleness 7 days of siege of Jericho Start (1st day of week) Finish (Shabbat) # of days from Moshe’s death until conquest of Jericho
VERSION A 29
VERSION B 30
VERSION C 29
VERSION D
Shabbat
Shabbat
6th day
5th day
7th - Shabbat 7th – 1st day
8th – 1st day 7th – 2nd day
7th – 6th day 7th – Shabbat
7th – 5th day 6th – 6th day
1st thru 3rd day of week
2nd thru 4th day of week
4th day of week
5th day of week
Shabbat thru 2nd day of week rd 3 day of week
Shabbat thru 2nd day of week rd 3 day of week
5 day thru 1 day of week
6th day thru 2nd day of week
4th day thru Shabbat
4th day thru Shabbat
2nd day thru 1st day of week
3rd day thru 2nd day of week
1st day thru Shabbat
1st day thru Shabbat
22nd thru 27th
22nd thru 26th
0
0
th
st
28th of Nissan 27th of Nissan 4th of Iyar 3rd of Iyar 57
57
30
22nd of 22nd of Nissan Nissan th th 28 of Nissan 28 of Nissan 51
52
THE MIZBAYACH ON HAR EIVAL VERSION
DATE
A
10TH Nissan 2488
B
2488 or 2489
C
2502
TIME On the day they crossed the Jordan River During the year of the crossing, after the conquest of Ai 14 years after the crossing (seven years of conquest and seven years of the apportionment of the Land)
SOURCE Sotah 36a Malbim commentary to Yehoshua 8:30 Sotah 33b Tosafot (according to R. Yismael)
CAMPAIGNS OF CONQUEST
DIVISION OF LAND TO THE 12 TRIBES
CROSSING THE JORDAN RIVER