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[38]
When Joshua saw the army so much afflicted, and possessed with forebodings
of evil as to their whole expedition, he used freedom with God, and said,
"We are not come thus far out of any rashness of our own, as though
we thought ourselves able to subdue this land with our own weapons, but
at the instigation of Moses thy servant for this purpose, because thou
hast promised us, by many signs, that thou wouldst give us this land for
a possession, and that thou wouldst make our army always superior in war
to our enemies, and accordingly some success has already attended upon
us agreeably to thy promises; but because we have now unexpectedly been
foiled, and have lost some men out of our army, we are grieved at it, as
fearing what thou hast promised us, and what Moses foretold us, cannot
be depended on by us; and our future expectation troubles us the more,
because we have met with such a disaster in this our first attempt. But
do thou, O Lord, free us from these suspicions, for thou art able to find
a cure for these disorders, by giving us victory, which will both take
away the grief we are in at present, and prevent our distrust as to what
is to come."
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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