Shown on post #49 are twenty-three ‘indication’ dates joined together by a continuous count of seven. This second example is the death of Joshua which I place on the Sabbatical year,
1368 BC.
After Canaan was divided among the tribes, his military role finished but his leadership continued. (Joshua 24:31) The length of Joshua's rule, and date of death is not clearly given in the Bible, so it’s made it difficult to construct a chronology of the Judges who came after him.
What is known is his final age of 110 and a brief comment concerning his 'youth' when he began serving Moses. (Numbers 11:28) Also, he spied out the land with contemporaries, all of whom died before the land was divided, except Caleb, who was 85 by then. So, Joshua was probably the youngest spy, but by how many years is not said.
However, when we study the background of Joshua's final year, it becomes apparent that he died on a Sabbatical. Moses had left instructions to assemble the people every 7th year (Deut. 31:10-12), and just prior to Joshua's parting we see such an assembly taking place at Shechem. (Josh. 24) This was his last public exhortation to all Israel to keep God's law, so the event is clearly defined.
Joshua's age of 110 suggests the general time-frame so a precise year of his death can be deduced by finding the Sabbath year that fits. That year is 1368 BC. If we estimate an earlier Sabbatical, it would mean he wasn’t a ‘youth’ at the Exodus. Also, the later date is confirmed by the Ancient Seder Olam which states that Joshua judged for
28 years. It’s a good count IMO.
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