## Rashi on Joshua Chapter 11

###### Rashi on Joshua 11:2:1
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**נֶגֶב כִּנְרוֹת** דְּרוֹם גִּינוֹסָר.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**South of Kinros.**— South of Ginosar.¹

footnotes:
¹ Genosar is an area near Tiberias, around Lake Kinneres.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:2:2
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**וּבְנָפוֹת דּוֹר** פִּלְכֵי דּוֹר, קונטדו"ש בְּלַעַז (חֶלְקֵי אָרֶץ, מְחוֹזוֹת).

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**The region of Dor.**—The districts of Dor. Contree in French.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:2:3
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**מִיָּם** מַעֲרָבָה.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
מִיָם—on the west.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:8:1
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**מִשְׂרְפוֹת מַיִם** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: חֲרִיצֵי יַמָּא, שֶׁעוֹשִׂין חֲרִיצִין וּמֵי הַיָּם יוֹצְאִין לְתוֹכָן, וְנִשְׂרָפִין מֵחוֹם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְנַעֲשִׂים מֶלַח.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**מִשְׂרְפוֹת מַיִם²** Targum Yonasan translates, sea-ditches. They dug ditches and the sea water would flow into them, and the water would be burned [evaporate] from the heat of the sun and would turn into salt.

footnotes:
² From the word שְׂרֵפָה, fire or burning. Thus the Targum proceeds to explain: the burning of water, מַיִם.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:13:1
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**הָעֹמְדוֹת עַל תִּלָּם** שֶׁלֹּא נֶהֱרְסָה חוֹמָתָם כְּמוֹ יְרִיחוֹ שֶׁנָּפְלָה חוֹמָתָהּ, וְכֵן הָעַי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהּ (לעיל ח כח): וַיְשִׂימֶהָ תֵּל עוֹלָם שְׁמָמָה.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**Remained with their walls intact.** Their walls were not destroyed like Yericho, whose walls fell, and similarly Ai, as it is said, “[And Yehoshua burned Ai] and made it into a mound forever, a ruin.”³

footnotes:
³ See Chapter 8:28 above.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:13:2
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**זוּלָתִי אֶת־חָצוֹר לְבַדָּהּ** בַּמָּסוֹרֶת שְׂרָפָה משֶׁה צִוָּה לוֹ וּמָסַר לוֹ כֵּן. (בראשית רבה וישלח):

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**The only exception was Chatzor.** He burned it because of a traditional command. Moshe so commanded and transmitted it to him. This is found in Bereishis Rabba on the Sidrah of “And Yaakov sent.”⁴

footnotes:
⁴ This command to destroy Chatzor is not written in the Torah. Moshe received this command orally on Mount Sinai and transmitted it to Yehoshua, who fulfilled it.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:17:1
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**הָהָר הֶחָלָק** (תַּרְגּוּם:) טוּרָא שְׁעִיעַ, מַחֲלִיק, הָהָר הֶחָלָק עַד בַּעַל גָּד בַּמֶּצֶר הַמִּזְרָחִי, וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק לִכְבּוֹשׁ בְּחַיָּיו אֶת כָּל הַמֶּצֶר עַד הַצָּפוֹן.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**The bare, divided mountain.** A smooth mountain.⁵ This was a bare (smooth) mountain to Baal-gad, which was on the eastern border. During his lifetime, Yehoshua, was unable to conquer the entire eastern border to the north.

footnotes:
⁵ It was so called because there were no trees on it. It was divided between Yaakov and Eisov. The part belonging to Yaakov was bare and smooth as Yaakov himself. See Bereishis 27:11.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:17:2
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**בַּעַל גָּד** מֵישַׁר גָּד.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**Baal-gad**—the plain of gad.


###### Rashi on Joshua 11:18:1
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**יָמִים רַבִּים עָשָׂה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ** בִּגְנוּתוֹ סִפֵּר הַכָּתוּב, שֶׁהָיָה מִתְכַּוֵּון לִדְחוֹת אֶת כִּבּוּשׁ הָאָרֶץ כְּדֵי לְהַאֲרִיךְ יָמָיו, לְפִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (לעיל א י): וְאַתָּה תַּנְחִלֶנָּה אוֹתָם, בְּמִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא.

**The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997:**
**For many days did Yehoshua.** This verse was said to criticize Yehoshua, who intended to delay the conquest of the land, in order to lengthen his days, for it is said, “And you will apportion it to them.”⁶ Because he was reluctant to complete the conquest, God punished him, and as soon as the apportioning of the land was completed he died. He was then one hundred and ten years old. Were it not for this, he would have lived ten more years, till one hundred and twenty as did his master, Moshe. From *Midrash Tanchumah.*

footnotes:
⁶ It took seven years for Yehoshua to conquer the whole land. Our Sages say that he could have conquered the land more quickly. It did not have to take seven years. Yehoshua was reluctant to complete the conquest of the land and divide it between the tribes. He was afraid that once he completed it, he would die. He knew his mission in life was to bring Bnei Yisroel into Eretz Yisroel and settle them there. Once his mission was completed, his life would have no further purpose. See Devorim 31:7