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his people, and let him die, because you provoked me at the water of strife." And Moses brought Aaron up to the mountain, and stripped him of the priestly garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died in the fortieth year of the exodus of the sons of Israel, having lived 123 years. And the people wept for him for thirty days. And after these things the Lord said to Moses, "Go up to Mount Nebo, and see the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel, and die there in the same way that Aaron your brother died, because you disobeyed my word at the water of strife of Kadesh." But when Moses had begged God much and often concerning this, and said, "Let me cross the Jordan, O Lord, that I may see that good land," the Lord said to him, "Let it be sufficient for you. See that you do not approach me again to speak of this, but having seen the good land with your eyes, die." And having written the great song by the command of the Lord, and laid his hands on Joshua the son of Nun for him to succeed him, 1.93 he died there by the word of the Lord, having lived 120 years. And the people buried him and wept for 40 days, but no one saw his burial place. And there has not risen a prophet since in Israel like Moses. From then, therefore, and until now a luminous cloud overshadows that place, obscuring and walling off the sight of those who look, so that they may not know his tomb for ever. And after Moses, Joshua the son of Nun succeeded to the leadership, and having crossed the Jordan, and having spent 32 years in the promised land warring and allotting it to the sons of Israel, he died, having lived 110 years. And Moses, having struck Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan, who was left of the giants, dwelling in Rephaim in Ashtaroth, being a descendant of Rapha, whose bedstead was of iron, nine cubits in length and four in breadth, took all their land. And Joshua, having subdued all their land and the Canaanites and Perizzites and Girgashites and Hittites and Jebusites and Amorites and Hivites and all their kings, being thirty-two in number, gave all their land to the sons of Israel. And as they fled, it says, from the face of the sons of Israel, the Lord also cast hailstones upon them from heaven, and there were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword, with Joshua leading the army.

1.94 Yet this man, though he was shown to be great and a worker of wonders and very beloved of God, was not without grief and various temptations. Concerning him the divinely-speaking Chrysostom also said, "Consider how great is a righteous man. Joshua son of Nun said, 'Let the sun stand still over Gibeon and the moon over the valley of Elom.' And it came to pass; for it says, 'And the sun stood still in the middle of the sky for a whole day, and there was no such day before or since, that God obeyed a man.' This is greater than that of Moses. But indeed even this wonderful, great, and wonder-working man, succeeding Moses, shared with him, so to speak, in all afflictions. For not only while Moses lived did he tear his garments and pour ashes on himself, but also after he died he again fell into a greater necessity than this, lying prostrate for a whole day because of the sin of Achan and the defeat of the people. For it says, 'And Joshua tore his garments, and fell on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads, and Joshua said: I pray, Lord, why did your servant bring this people across the Jordan, to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? And what shall I say, since Israel has turned its back before its enemy? And when the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear of it, they will surround us

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λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποθανέτω, διότι παρωξύνατέ με ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς ἀντιλο γίας." καὶ ἀνεβίβασε Μωϋσῆς τὸν Ἀαρὼν εἰς τὸ ὄρος, καὶ ἐξ έδυσεν αὐτὸν τὰ ἱερατικὰ ἱμάτια, καὶ ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὰ Ἐλεάζαρ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ἀαρὼν ἐν τῷ τεσσαρακοστῷ ἔτει τῆς ἐξόδου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ζήσας ἔτη ρκγʹ. καὶ ἔκλαυσεν αὐτὸν ὁ λαὸς ἡμέρας τριάκοντα. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἶπε κύριος πρὸς Μωϋσῆν "ἀνάβηθι εἰς τὸ ὄρος Ναβᾶν, καὶ ἴδε τὴν γῆν ἣν δίδωμι τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, καὶ τελεύτα ἐκεῖ ὃν τρόπον ἀπέθανεν Ἀαρὼν ὁ ἀδελφός σου, διότι ἠπειθήσατε τῷ ῥήματί μου ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς ἀντιλο γίας Κάδδης." τοῦ δὲ Μωϋσέως πολλὰ καὶ πολλάκις δεηθέντος τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ τούτου, καὶ λέγοντος "διαβὰς οὖν, ὦ κύριε, τὸν Ἰορδάνην ὄψομαι τὴν ἀγαθὴν γῆν ἐκείνην," εἶπε κύριος πρὸς αὐ τόν "ἱκανούσθω σοι. ὅρα μὴ προσέλθῃς μοι ἔτι περὶ τούτου λα λῆσαι, ἀλλ' ἰδὼν τὴν ἀγαθὴν γῆν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου τελεύτα." καὶ γράψας ἐκ προστάγματος κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην ᾠδήν, καὶ ἐπι θεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ Ἰησοῦν τοῦ Ναυῆ εἰς τὸ διαδέξασθαι αὐτόν, 1.93 ἐτελεύτησεν ἐκεῖ διὰ ῥήματος κυρίου, ζήσας ἔτη ρκʹ. καὶ θάψας αὐτὸν ὁ λαὸς καὶ κλαύσας ἡμέρας μʹ, οὐδεὶς εἶδε τὴν ταφὴν αὐ τοῦ. καὶ οὐκ ἀνέστη ἔτι προφήτης ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ὡς Μωϋσῆς. ἐκ τότε οὖν καὶ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν φωτοειδὴς νεφέλη ἐπισκιάζει τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον, ἀμαυροῦσα καὶ ἀποτειχίζουσα τὰς ὄψεις τῶν ὁρώντων, ἵνα μὴ γινώσκοιεν αὐτοῦ τὸν τάφον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Μετὰ δὲ Μωϋσέα διεδέξατο τὴν ἀρχὴν Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ, καὶ περάσας τὸν Ἰορδάνην, καὶ ποιήσας ἐν τῇ γῇ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἔτη λβʹ πολεμῶν καὶ κατακληροδοτῶν αὐτὴν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, ἀπέθανε ζήσας ἔτη ριʹ. καὶ ὁ μὲν Μωϋσῆς πατάξας τὸν Σηὼν βασιλέα τῶν Ἀμοραίων καὶ τὸν Ὢγ βασιλέα τῆς Βασάν, ὃς ὑπελείφθη ἐκ τῶν γιγάντων, κατοικῶν ἐν τῷ Ῥαφαῒν ἐν Ἀσταρώθ, ἀπόγονον ὄντα τοῦ Ῥαφαΐν, οὗ καὶ ἡ κλίνη σιδηρᾶ, τὸ μῆκος ἔχουσα πήχεις ἐννέα, τὸ πλάτος τέσσαρας, ἀφείλετο πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν. ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς χειρωσάμενος πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς Χαναναίους καὶ Φερεζαίους καὶ Γεργεσαίους καὶ Χετταίους καὶ Ἰεβουσαίους καὶ Ἀμοραίους καὶ Εὐαίους καὶ πάντας αὐτῶν τοὺς βασιλεῖς, ὄντας τὸν ἀριθμὸν τριακονταδύο, πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν δέδωκε τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ. ἐν δὲ τῷ φεύγειν αὐτούς, φησίν, ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ κύριος ἐπέρριψεν αὐτοῖς λί θους χαλάζης ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐγένοντο πλείους οἱ ἀποθανόν τες διὰ τοὺς λίθους τῆς χαλάζης ἢ οὓς ἀπέκτειναν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ μαχαίρᾳ στρατηγοῦντος Ἰησοῦ.

1.94 Ὅ γε μὴν μέγας καὶ τερατουργὸς καὶ θεοφιλὴς πάνυ οὗτος ἀναδειχθεὶς οὐκ ἄμοιρος λύπης καὶ πειρασμῶν διαφόρων ἐγένετο. περὶ οὗ καὶ ὁ θεορρήμων Χρυσόστομος ἔφη "ἐννόησον ὅσον ἐστὶ δίκαιος ἄνθρωπος. εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς τοῦ Ναυῆ «στήτω ὁ ἥλιος κατὰ Γαυαὼδ καὶ ἡ σελήνη κατὰ φάραγγα Ἐλώμ.» καὶ ἐγένετο· φησὶ γάρ «καὶ ἔστη ὁ ἥλιος κατὰ μέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τέλος ἡμέρας μιᾶς, καὶ οὐκ ἐγένετο ἡμέρα τοιαύτη πρότερον καὶ ἔμπροσθεν, ὥστε ὑπακοῦσαι θεὸν ἀνθρώπου.» τοῦτο τοῦ Μωϋσέως μεῖζον. ἀλλά γε δὴ καὶ οὗτος ὁ θαυμαστὸς καὶ μέγας καὶ τερατουργός, διαδεξάμενος τὸν Μωϋσῆν, συναπήλαυσεν αὐτῷ πάντων ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν τῶν ἀνιαρῶν. οὐ γὰρ ἔτι μόνον ὅτε ἔζη Μωϋσῆς, τὰ ἱμά τια διέρρηξε καὶ σποδὸν κατεπάσατο, ἀλλὰ καὶ τελευτήσαντος πάλιν εἰς μείζονα ταύτης κατέστη ἀνάγκην δι' ὅλης ἡμέρας πρηνὴς κείμενος διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν Ἄχαν καὶ τὴν τοῦ λαοῦ ἧτταν. φησὶ γάρ «καὶ διέρρηξεν Ἰησοῦς τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσ ωπον ἐναντίον κυρίου ἕως ἑσπέρας, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Ἰσραήλ. καὶ ἐπέβαλον χοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς· δέομαι, κύριε, ἵνα τί διεβίβασεν ὁ παῖς σου τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον τὸν Ἰορδάνην, παραδοῦναι αὐτὸν τῷ Ἀμοραίῳ ἀπολέσαι ἡμᾶς; καὶ τί ἐρῶ, ἐπεὶ μετέβαλεν Ἰσραὴλ τὸν αὐχένα ἀπέναντι τοῦ ἐχθροῦ αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἀκούσας ὁ Χαναναῖος καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοι κοῦντες τὴν γῆν περικυκλώσουσιν ἡμᾶς