In spite of all this you made a calf, and eagerly committed fornication with the daughters of the aliens, and committed idolatry, and did so again afterwards, when the land had been entrusted to you with such great power, that you beheld even the sun stand still in the heaven at the bidding of him who was surnamed by the name of Jesus, and not setting till thirty-six hours had gone by, and you beheld all the other miracles that were wrought for you, each at its own season. One of these I think I ought to mention at this point. For it conduces towards your understanding Jesus through it, whom we have also recognized as Christ, the Son of God, crucified, and risen, and ascended into the heavens, and about to come again as Judge of all who have ever lived, as far back as Adam himself.
For you are aware, I said, that when the tabernacle of witness had been carried off by the enemy who lived round Ashdod, and a terrible and incurable plague had happened to them, they took counsel to set it on a waggon, to which they yoked heifers that had newly calved, as a test to know whether they had been plagued by the power of God because of the tabernacle, and whether God willed it to be carried back whence it was taken.
When they had done this, the heifers, without guidance from any man, did not come indeed unto the place whence the tabernacle had been taken, but into the farm of a certain man called Oshea, of the same name as he whose name was changed to that of Joshua (Jesus), as was said before, who also brought the people into the land, and gave it to them by lot. And when they had come into this farm they remained there, (God) showing you by all this, that they were guided by the name of power, as formerly the people that survived of them that came forth from Egypt was guided into the land by him who took the name of Jesus (Joshua), who was formerly called Oshea.