![]() ![]() ![]() That it would be a piece of prudence to oppose his arrogant pretences, and to put their confidence in God and to resolve to take possession of that land which he had promised them, and not to give ear to him, who, on this account, and under the pretence of divine authority, forbad them so to do. And that however it was for their advantage to be their own masters, and not so far to rejoice in their deliverance from the indignities they endured under the Egyptians, as to bear the tyranny of Moses over them, and to suffer themselves to be deluded, and live according to his pleasure: as though God did only foretel what concerns us out of his kindness to him and as though they were not all the posterity of Abraham and that God made him alone the author of all the knowledge we have, and we must still learn it from him. They also said, that they were of themselves possessed of abilities sufficient for the conquest of their enemies, although Moses should have a mind to alienate God from them. Accordingly they resolved to fight with the Canaanites, and said, that God gave them his assistance, not out of regard to Moses’s intercessions, but because he took care of their entire nation, on account of their fore- fathers whose affairs he took under his own conduct: as also that it was on account of their own virtue that he had formerly procured them their liberty, and would be assisting to them now they were willing to take pains for it. Now this life of the Hebrews in the wilderness was so disagreeable and troublesome to them, and they were so uneasy at it, that although God had forbidden them to meddle with the Canaanites, yet could they not be persuaded to be obedient to the words of Moses, and to be quiet: but supposing they should be able to beat their enemies, even without his approbation, they accused him and suspected that he made it his business to keep them in a distressed condition, that they might always stand in need of his assistance. The fight of the Hebrews with the Canaanites, without the consent of Moses, and their defeat.ġ. Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Book IVįrom the rejection of that Generation to the death of Moses. ![]()
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