Editing Joshua (section)

====In rabbinical literature====
[[File:Crossing the Jordan River with the Ark, painted board, detail from the cabinets of the Old Sacristy, Church of St Mary the Gracious Milan. Italy, 15th.jpg|thumb|upright|The Israelites led by Joshua crossing the Jordan River with the Ark, Old Sacristy, Milan Italy, 15th c.]]
[[File:Robert Hecquet, Israelites Crossing the Jordan River, c. 1720-1775.jpg|thumb|Robert Hecquet, Israelites led by Joshua Crossing the Jordan River]]
In [[rabbinic literature]] Joshua is regarded as a faithful, humble, deserving, wise man. Biblical verses illustrative of these qualities and of their reward are applied to him. "He that waits on his master shall be honored"<ref>[[Pro.|Proverbs]] 27:18</ref> is construed as a reference to Joshua,<ref>[[Numbers Rabbah]] 12</ref> as is also the first part of the same verse, "Whoso keeps the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof".<ref>[[Yalkut Shimoni]], Joshua 2; ''Numbers Rabbah'' 12:21</ref> That "honor shall uphold the humble in spirit"<ref>[[Pro.|Proverbs]] 29:23</ref> is proved by Joshua's victory over [[Amalek]].<ref>''Numbers Rabbah'' 13</ref> Not the sons of [[Moses]]—as Moses himself had expected—but Joshua was appointed as Moses' successor.<ref>''Numbers Rabbah'' 12</ref> Moses was shown how Joshua reproved that [[Othniel Ben Kenaz|Othniel]].<ref>''Yalkut Shimoni'', Numbers 776</ref>

"God would speak to Moses face to face, like someone would speak to his friend. Then he would return to the camp. But his attendant, Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not leave the tent. Joshua never moved from the tent".<ref name="auto"/> Didn't Joshua leave the tent to eat, sleep or attend to his needs? This praise shows that Joshua had complete faith in Moses, the [[Tzaddik]]. One who has this faith is cognizant of the tzaddik in everything he does; he remains steadfastly with the tzaddik whatever he does.<ref>[[Nachman of Breslov]], ''Likutey Halakhot VII''</ref>

According to [[rabbinic tradition]], Joshua, when dividing the [[Land of Canaan]] among the twelve tribes of Israel, planted [[sea squill]] ({{langx|he|חצוב}}) to mark off the [[butts and bounds]] of tribal properties.{{efn|name=BabaBathra}}

Moreover, Joshua, on dividing the land of Canaan amongst the tribes of Israel, made the tribes agree to ten conditions, the most important of which being the common use of the forests as pasture for cattle, and the common right of fishing in the [[Sea of Tiberias]].<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] (''[[Bava Kamma]]'' 80b—81a).</ref> Natural springs were to be used for drinking and laundry by all tribes, although the tribe to which the water course fell had the first rights.<ref>[[Maimonides]], ''[[Mishneh Torah]]'' (Hil. ''Nizkei Mammon'' 5:3); [[Achai Gaon|Acha of Shabha]], ''Sheiltoth'', P. Ra’eh 147; [[Jerusalem Talmud]], ''Baba Bathra'' 5:1. Even if the source of the natural spring were to originate in a distant tribal territory, and flowed along its course through another tribal territory, the people living in the territory where the water currently passes through have first-rights over the water.</ref> Prickly burnet (''[[Sarcopoterium|Sarcopoterium spinosum]]'') and the camelthorn (''[[Alhagi maurorum]]'') could be freely collected as firewood by any member of any tribe, in any tribal territory.