 Noting that in God told Joshua, "As I was with Moses, so I will be with you," the Rabbis asked why Joshua lived only 110 years (as reported in and ) and not 120 years, as Moses did (as reported in ).The Rabbis explained that when God told Moses in to "avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shall you be gathered to your people," Moses did not delay carrying out the order, even though God told Moses that he would die thereafter.Rather, Moses acted promptly, as reports