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The third holy structure in Kifl Haris, standing at some distance in the southwest of the town, is a large open shrine dedicated to Prophet Dhul-Nun, identified with Yunus (Jonah). Jews see in it the tomb of Nun, the father of Joshua.
We passed three hareidi-religious men, in their late twenties and early thirties, from the town of Elad. “We came to pray and to invoke the merit of Joshua bin [son of] Nun, Calev ben [son of] Yefuneh, and of course Nun,” Yisrael Elcharar tells us. “We hope that they will come before G-d and fight on behalf of the Jewish people in the coming days.”
Joshua and Calev were both warriors and religious leaders – the lone voices among the twelve spies sent by Moses to scout out the Land of Israel who brought back a favorable report of the land, encouraging the Jewish people to trust G-d and fight for the Promised Land. Forty years later they led the young Jewish nation to conquer the Land of Israel.
“Nun?” I asked them. “Tell me about Nun.”
“Well, Nun is Joshua’s father – what more is there to say?”
This was the first time in years that the tomb of Nun, located away from that of Joshua and Calev (Caleb), would also be open to worshippers. The hours the village was open to Jews have also been doubled from the previous year due to rising demand to visit the sites.
After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun (Joshua 1:1). Joshua was the son of Nun, though his mother is not mentioned. Nun was born as a slave in Egypt, and would have spent some or all of his life in Egyptian captivity. Slavery was a harsh existence (Exodus 1:14), and this suffering created in the hearts of the Hebrew slaves a desire for freedom. Nun named his son Hoshea, which means ‘salvation’. It’s possible this reflected a desire in Nun for a national salvation. But salvation would only be possible with the LORD, the God of Israel. Perhaps this is why Moses renamed Hoshea Joshua (Numbers 13:16), which means ‘the LORD is salvation’.
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