45 yr From Sin of Spies to Land Distribution (10 maio 1531 ano antes da era comum – 31 mar 1487 ano antes da era comum)

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Egyptian chronology, 2838-342 BCE, through astronomically dated synchronisms and comparison with carbon-14 dating, by Gérard Gertoux

According to the book o Joshua, Caleb was 85 when the Israelites received the land of Canaan as their inheritance. This was what God had promised to Moses 45 years before. The account specifies that Caleb was 40 when he explored the country from Kadesh-Barnea (Jos 14:1,7,10). This exploration is dated to the 1st month of the 2nd year after the departure from Egypt (Nb 9:1, 13:25). Counting these years however proves difficult, because Caleb was born in Egypt and was counting his years according to the old calendar which began in Tishri, e.g., September/October. Then, after having come out of Egypt, years were counted from Nisan (Ex 12:2, 23:15), e.g., March/April, and no longer from Tishri. There was therefore a 6-month discrepancy with the former system.

The 50-year Jubilee system did not begin in the first year after entering Canaan, but only in Caleb's 85th year, because Israelites were given the land only after the pacification period (Jos 1:15). It would have been impossible to cultivate the land and then to observe Jubilee prescriptions during the war of conquest. The conquest was quick, and the Israelites (circa 1490 BCE) only burnt three cities: Jericho, Ai and Hazor (Jos 6:1,24, 8:19, 11:11-13). Confirming exactly the biblical account, archaeology dates306 the destruction of these three cities to the 15th century B.C.E. The first year of the 50-year Jubilee period started in Nisan but was only celebrated on 10th Tishri of the same year (Lv 25:9-10).

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Joshua 14:9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land won which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’ 10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, xjust as he said, these forty-five years since the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.

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