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The Wilderness
2488AM

The Israelites enter the Land of Israel under Joshua.

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And the Children of Israel dwelt in Kadesh in the Sinai desert on the 1st of Nissan of the fortieth year of their exodus from Egypt [(this is year 2488)], and Miriam died on the 12th of that month and was buried there. (Miriam is buried in the city of Admot near Tiberias. [(See year 410; and in Shir HaKavod 26 they say that Miriam was buried on Mount Sinai.)] The well of Miriam is in the Sea of Tiberias [(Gedi)].) And then Moshe sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: 'Please let us pass through your land; we will not pass through field...' etc. And Edom went out to meet Israel with a heavy force...

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The prophets at the time of Moses ordained that we read from the Torah scroll on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat (Sefer HaYuchasin in the chronology, and see above).

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And it came to pass when all the men of war had finished dying, it was the 15th of Av of the fortieth year. [Even though Rashi explains at the end of Parshat Chukat chapter 10, and in the Gemara Chagigah in Parshat HaSokeir, that the 38 years were like wandering and the Divine speech was not with Moshe, but in Ta'anit (30) and Bava Batra (121a) the Tosafot wrote that it was the 40th year.] During the forty years that Israel was in the wilderness, they did not sanctify the new month based on sighting, because the clouds were on all sides and they did not see the sun and moon. [And similarly the Bechaye, Parshat Balak in the name of Ra'ach, chapter 82, and see in the book Nimukei...]:

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The Book [of Bereishit: From when the world was created until Yosef died - one thousand and 309 years (it should be 2309 years). The Book of Shemot: From the death of Yosef until the establishment of the Mishkan - 140 years. The Book of Vayikra: From the establishment of the Mishkan until the second month - lasted 2 months. The Book of Bamidbar: Lasted from the first of the second month until the 40th year, which was 38 years and 9 months.

Mishneh Torah (Devarim): Lasted from the eleventh month until the first month on the 2nd of the month, which was 70 days, from which 30 days were the days of mourning for Moshe and 7 days they prepared provisions for the journey...]:

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And it came to pass after the death of Moshe, and HaShem said to Yehoshua bin Nun [(from the tribe of Ephraim, year 2488, and he was 82 years old)]: 'Arise, cross the Jordan,' etc. And Yehoshua commanded [(on the day the mourning for Moshe ended, Rashi)] the officers of the Children of Israel: 'Command the people saying: Prepare provisions for yourselves.' [In Tana d'vei Eliyahu chapter 18: 'And why did they need provisions?

Were they not eating manna? But from the time they would gather it in the morning and in the sanctifications (38), the manna ceased on the 7th of Adar, and they sustained themselves from the manna that was in their vessels until the 16th of Nissan...]:

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Yehoshua [Because he was the reincarnation of Yosef who did not take his master's wife, he now took Rachav as his reincarnation, and since she was a devotee of the moon, therefore she was in Jericho (Yericho) (year 2449). And in Rosh Ot Nun it is written: Yehoshua Efraim son of Yosef was the reincarnation of Chanoch (see year 22).] Rachav [is from the secret of Kayin (Sefer HaKavanot HaMach): therefore 'give me a true sign' - a secret, and HaShem gave Kayin a sign (Kavanot Likutei Yehoshua).

In Chesed L'Avraham, Ma'ayan 5, River 25, she was reincarnated in Chever HaKeini (see year 2676), afterwards in Chanah (and this is the secret of...]:

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And they returned and came to Yehoshua (after seven days [Sefer HaYashar]) and said to him: 'Surely HaShem has given into our hands all the land.' And the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and encamped in Gilgal [(Yehoshua 4:19)]. At that time HaShem said to Yehoshua: 'Make for yourself flint knives and again circumcise the Children of Israel a second time' [(Yehoshua 5)], for during the forty years they were in the wilderness they did not circumcise. [And some say this is the priah (uncovering) of the circumcision that was not given to Avraham, and some say in the wilderness they circumcised but did not uncover (see there in Tosafot Yevamot...]:

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