Talmud su Giosuè 18:78

It was stated similarly¹¹Babli Bava batra 122a.: The Land of Israel was distributed by two urns, one containing the lots, the other containing the names of the tribes. Two young priests¹²Literally: Flowers of the priesthood. were standing, what each of them brought up he won¹³They simultaneously drew lots before Eleazar the High Priest with Urim and Tummim, which paired territories with tribes.. By three ways the Land of Israel was divided up, by lots, and Urim and Tummim, and by payments. That is what is written¹⁴Misquote of Jos. 18:10. Joshua threw them lots before the Eternal at Mispeh. Lots, these are the lots. Before the Eternal, these are the Urim and Tummim. Between large and small¹⁵Num. 26:56., these are payments¹⁶The nature of these payments is nowhere spelled out. It seems that they were equalization payments so that the value of distributed land per head of the population would be approximately the same for all tribes; Sifry Num. 132; expanded quote in Yalqut Šimony Pinehas.#773.. Rebbi Abin said, unless the Holy One, praise to Him, made every place nice in the eyes of its inhabitants, the Land of Israel would never have been distributed. It was stated thus¹⁷Babli Soṭah 47a.: There are three graces. The grace of a woman in her husband’s eyes. The grace of a place in the eyes of its inhabitants. The grace of a buy in the eyes of its buyer. Rebbi Abba the son of Rebbi Pappaeus, Rebbi Joshua of Sikhnin in the name of Levi: Even in the future the Holy one, praise to Him, will do the same. That is what is written¹⁸Ez. 36:26., I shall give you a new heart, etc., and shall give you a heart of flesh, etc. He makes sour the part of others¹⁹Everybody will be satisfied with his part. Gen. rabba 34, end..

HALAKHAH: “Ten cubits’ distance from the place of stoning,” etc. You find that when Achan stole from the ban, Joshua started supplicating before the Holy One, praise to Him, and said: Master of the Universe, inform me who is the man. The Holy One, praise to Him, answered: I never publicize any creature. In addition, would I not be guilty of slander²⁸Babli 11a, 43b. An expanded version in Tanhuma Masˋe 5.? But go and let Israel stand up by its tribes and throw lots, then immediately I shall draw him out. That is what is written: Joshua got up early in the morning and summoned Israel by its tribes. Achan ben Karmi ben Zeraḥ from the tribe of Jehudah was caught²⁹Jos. 7:16.. Achan told him, how? Do you catch me by lots³⁰The entire procedure described in Jos. 7:16–26 cannot be justified either in pentateuchal or in rabbinic law.? There is nobody more pious in the present generation than you or Phineas. Let lots be thrown between you, certainly³¹Greek πάντως. The outcome of drawing of lots is essentially predetermined by the set from which the lot is drawn. one of you will be caught. Not only this, but your teacher Moses died only 30 or 40 days ago. Did not our teacher Moses instruct us: By the testimony of two witnesses³²Deut. 19:15.? You started erring. At that moment did Joshua have a vision by the holy spirit how he distributes the Land to Israel by lots. That is what is written: Joshua threw lots for them³³Jos. 18:10.. This means, we are giving lots a bad name. Not only this, but if lots are confirmed now, all of Israel will say, since the lots were true in criminal matters, so much more in money matters. But if they are repudiated now, all of Israel will say, since the lots were repudiated in criminal matters, so much more in money matters. At that moment, Joshua started supplicating Achan, entreated him in the name of Israel’s God, and said to him: my son, honor the Eternal,the God of Israel, … Achan answered Joshua and said, in fact²⁶Jos. 7:19–20.. What means אָמְנָה? Truth³⁴Deriving אמנה from the root אמן.. I sinned against the Eternal, God of Israel. He told him, I asked you for one and you are answering me two³⁵Referring to the doubling such and such in v. 7:20.? he answered, I stole from the ban of Midian and the ban of Jericho. Rebbi Tanḥuma said, he stole from four bans: The ban of the Phoenician, king of Arad, the ban of Siḥon and Og, the ban of Midian, the ban of Jericho. From where that his confession atoned for him? It is said³⁶The assassin of king Ela, 1K. 16:10. In Jos. 7:19, the son of Zerah and father of Carmi is called Zavdi, not Zimri. This underlies the talmudic doctrine that all of Chronicles is to be explained alegorically., the sons of Zeraḥ: Zimri and Ethan, etc. Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, Zimri is Achan who behaved like Zimri³⁷The assassin of king Ela, 1K. 16:10. In Jos. 7:19, the son of Zerah and father of Carmi is called Zavdi, not Zimri. This underlies the talmudic doctrine that all of Chronicles is to be explained alegorically.. Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman said, Heman³⁸Aramaic הֵימָן is Hebrew נֶאֱמָן, cf. Note 34. that is Achan, omna I sinned. Altogether five. Did I not know that they were five³⁹Since the verse enumerates five sons of Zerah.? But it teaches that Achan also has part in the World to Come⁴⁰Since he is counted together with Ethan and Heman, the composers of psalms. Tosephta 9:5..

¹⁰⁰A similar discussion in Babli Bekhorot 55a. There, the first opinion is declared to be that of R. Simeon ben Ioḥai, the second that of R. Jehudah ben Bathyra, and the third that of R. Meїr. Some Tannaïm state: The Jordan is part of the Land of Israel. Some state, the Jordan is outside the Land. Some state, the Jordan is a boundary by itself. He who says the Jordan is part of the Land of Israel: (Deut. 3:17) “The prairie, the Jordan, and the border.” He who says the Jordan is outside the Land: (Jos. 18:20): “The Jordan shall form its border Eastward.” He who says the Jordan is a boundary by itself, if it is in one place. ¹⁰¹Tosephta Ketubot 8:4, Baba Qama 10:23, Babli Baba Meẓi‘a 22a. The argument there is that a change in the river bed is an act of God against which the property owners are powerless; one may therefore assume that the owners have given up hope to recover their land; the part taken by the river now is ownerless.“If the Jordan took from one place and gave to another, what it took, it took, and what it gave, it gave.” What are we dealing with? If it was from the Land of Israel and became Syria¹⁰²This is a very unlikely scenario. The Jordan is meandering only between the Land of Israel and Transjordan., it already is under the presumptive obligation of tithes and Sabbatical! Rebbi Jeremiah, Rebbi Immi in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan, Rebbi Simon in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi, for claims of possession¹⁰³It is assumed that people do not keep documents for more than three years. Therefore, a person who claims to have legal possession of real estate by sale or inheritance, in the absence of a title can prove his claim by showing undisturbed possession for three years. Such a claim cannot be brought simultaneously for property inside and outside the Land., removals¹⁰⁴The required consumption of Sabbatical produce which varies from region to region, Ševi‘it 9:2., and animal tithe¹⁰⁵This is the topic of Babli Bekhorot 55a.. Rebbi Hila in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: Only if it removed earth.