Commento su Giosuè 17:18

For the mountain will be yours. The mountain of which I said to you “Go up to the forest.”

For it is a forest and you will cut it down. For it is a forest and it is only fitting for a multitude of people, that will cut it down and clear it.

And you will cut it down. You who are a multitude of people.

And as far as it extends will be yours. For you will drive out the Canaanites. Because you are a multitude of people.

Even though they possess iron chariots. None of the other tribes have sufficient man power to fight them.

Even though they are stong. You have the ability and will drive them out. Our Rabbis explained [the meaning of] ‘Go up to the forest— Hide yourselves in the forest and the “evil eye” will have no power over you.’¹³ Yehoshua implied that the forest would protect them against the “evil eye.” Because they were so numerous and multiplied so rapidly, they would invoke jealousy from their neighbors. It was therefore to their advantage to live in a forest area where they would not be so visible. If they would live in the cities of the plains, everyone would see how numerous they were, but in the forest they would not be as visible.