Midrash sobre Josué 9:2

R. Aibu stated in the name of (R. Eliezer the son of) R. Yosé the Galilean: Mankind rebelled against the Holy One, blessed be He, three times. The first rebellion was this one; the second occurred in the days of Joshua, as it is said: They gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord (Josh. 9:2); and the third will transpire in the days of Gog and Magog,³¹Israel’s final battle before the coming of the Messiah. as it is said: The kings of the earth stand up and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord (Ps. 2:2).

Once in the days of Joshua, as stated (in Josh. 9:2): THEN < ALL THE KINGS > GATHERED TOGETHER [WITH ONE ACCORD] TO FIGHT AGAINST JOSHUA [AND AGAINST ISRAEL]. What is the meaning of TOGETHER? That they took issue with the Holy One.⁹⁹The verbal form of TOGETHER (YHD) is used to denote the declaration of God’s unity by reciting Deut. 6:4.
Once in the days of Gog and Magog, as stated (in Ps. 2:2): THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TAKE THEIR STAND … < AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED >.¹⁰⁰See Ber. 7b; ‘AZ 3b; PRK 9:11; Lev. R. 27:11; Esth. R. 7:23; M. Pss. 2:4; cf. Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael, Shirata, 7.
Here, as stated (in Gen. 11:1): NOW THE WHOLE EARTH HAD [ONE LANGUAGE AND THE SAME WORDS], words of blasphemy < which > they were uttering against the Holy One. Even though the scriptures have not specified < the blasphemies >, our masters have specified some of them. What were they saying? After a thousand years and one day plus six hundred and fifty-six years, a flood is coming to the world.¹⁰¹According to Seder ‘Olam Rabbah, there were 1,656 years from Adam to the flood. One can arrive at the same figure by simply adding up the years in the biblical genealogies. The one day may be understood in apposition to the thousand years, since one day for God is like a thousand years. Then the heavens are to be shaken, and the waters above shall fall upon us. But come and let us make ourselves purgoi {i.e., columns},¹⁰²The Greek word denotes towers. so that if the heavens fall, they will support them. Ergo (in Gen. 11:1): AND THE SAME WORDS.